Helping Children Talk About Race Without Fear: Why Honest Conversations Matter Early
Silence Is Not the Same as Understanding One of the reasons I wrote When You Arrive: A Children’s Book About Racism is because I noticed something that happens in both schools and homes. Adults often assume that if we avoid talking about race, children will simply grow up treating everyone equally. I understand where that […]
What It Really Takes to Build More Diverse Teacher Pipelines in America’s Schools
Looking Beyond the Headlines For years, I have heard people say we need more diversity in education. It is a statement that almost everyone agrees with, yet I often wonder how many people stop to think about what those words actually require. Building a more diverse teacher workforce is not as simple as recruiting more […]