Tag: Black teachers
Want to Boost Student Achievement? Embrace Culturally Relevant Teaching
By Chris Carr, Word in Black
Public education has a pivotal choice ahead — a choice that is, in fact, not a choice at all.
Halfway...
The Women Behind the Black Press
By Nadira Jamerson, Word in Black
In the past few years, we’ve seen Ida B. Wells — one of the most prominent journalists, anti-lynching activists, and...
We Aren’t Worrying Enough About Declining Student Literacy
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black
Doomscrolling through bad news has become something of a national pastime — and it’s easy to tune it all out...
10 Banned Books That Are Crucial to Black Culture
By Nadia Reese
Recently, schools across the country have begun banning books on topics such as religion, “witchcraft,” sexuality, police brutality and racism from the...
US has a Teacher Shortage. HBCUs are Helping to Change That
By ANNIE MA, Associated Press
BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted...