I came up in the old school from a generation where you didn’t even know your teachers’ first names. You also didn’t dare cross any …
Make your class more inclusive to black students: 5 more ways
With black history month literally days away, teachers across the country are dusting off their Martin Luther King videos and photocopying Underground Railroad worksheets. Something …
A Warning to Education Equity
I was going through my usual midweek, midday routine. Driving back home from the gym, while listening to talk radio, debating on whether or not …
Blowing hot air
I was sitting in on a science class observing a student teacher deliver a lesson. The lesson was on the types of heat transfer and …
10 ways to make your classroom more inclusive of black students
It’s hard to begin this list in light of the events that have transpired over the past week. First, we have a major fashion retailer …
H&M and Education Equity
I first caught wind of the handsome black boy outfitted in a hoodie with the words, “coolest monkey in the jungle” on Monday morning as I …
Teaching and Learning While Black
Recently, I wrote a piece for ETFO Voice Magazine that was featured. It was featured because they, like me, thought it was an important message. It is …
When smart people say there’s no institutional racism
I started on YouTube watching some Lord Jamar interview and somehow, thirty minutes later, was watching a Piers Morgan Live episode where he was debating …
Check Your Privilege
I was teaching a short and easy lesson on science lab safety that naturally led into a small activity I wanted my students to complete …
Obligatory Obedience
I once witnessed a teacher moving a desk to the corner of her classroom as she was setting up the day before the new school …