The Activist Work of K-12 Educators: Then and Now
Black students’ educational needs are central to Black political and social activism. It is no secret that Black activism in
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Education
Bringing Archives of Death and Life into the Classroom
This fall I am teaching African American History Since 1863, starting with the event of Emancipation as a legal-juridical happening
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African Americans and the Classics: An Introduction
The history of African American engagement with Classical history, literature, and philosophy has been fraught with controversy and complexity. Much
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The Troubled History of School Choice
One of the most contentious debates in contemporary education reform is school choice. With the president’s $20 billion campaign pledge
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White Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History
by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled “In
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