Black Educational Scholars

I have spent a lot of time over the past year, re-claiming my college years as a student and curious scholar. When I was in undergrad, I spent as much time reading  to feed my curiosity as I did reading for my class. Over the past year, I have re-read The Mis-Education of the Negro,...

Black Male Teachers Turned Campus Police

As usual my friend Chris Edmin beat me to the punch in his article Why Black Men Quit Teaching. The plight of Black males in education has been on my mind to lately. I am entering my 15th year working in the field. However, I am moving back into administration after a four-year stint back...

STAR WARS: SOBTC Edition

I love Star Wars. I grew up watching the movies and love them even more now. Unlike many Star Wars nerds I like the prequels. Revenge of the Sith (Episode 3) is my favorite by far. I was re-watching it in anticipation of The Force Awakens, and I had a startling discovery. I painstakingly empathized...

Closing The Opportunity Gap: Teacher Preparation

Closing the Opportunity Gap? I was reading about new teacher training programs. How we prepare teachers is a hot-button education issue. One website said that teacher quality is the number one issue effecting the opportunity gap. (I would name the company but I have not really researched them so I am not sure if they...

Decriminalizing the Behavior of Boys of Color Part 2

On the one criminalizing behavior finds adults over punishing Black and Latino males. The other side of criminalizing behavior  is when adults do not do enough because they keep low expectations for these males.  At times all teachers need to check the standards they hold for students. But there are some teachers who let black...