As doors close for the summer, I want to talk about how to end a school year, how to finish well. We talk about how to start strong, how to manage classrooms, how to plan standards-aligned units. But what about the end? What do we do with all that we’ve lived and learned once the last bell rings? This meditation on that final stretch is a call not just to finish, but to finish well.

The hardest part of equity work isn’t data analysis. It isn’t professional development. It isn’t political backlash. It’s trust—not just gaining it but deserving it.

Blaming 5-year-olds for not being “ready” is how broken systems excuse themselves. What if the real test isn’t whether our children are school-ready—but whether our schools are child-ready?

We don’t have a curriculum problem—we have a trust problem. Teachers don’t teach what they’re told; they teach what they believe.

Some want to “save” America from DEI—but if DEI were saving America? History suggests that it has.

Before you walk away from DEI, you might want to know what actually worked—and how it can still work for you.

Schools are meant to reflect the communities they serve, fostering opportunity and fairness for all students. But what happens when efforts

Why are Black men so rare in America’s classrooms? Because schools have long been places that taught them they didn’t belong—and now they ca

What if education stopped asking multilingual children to fit into a ready-made world and started building a world ready for them?

The Supreme Court banned affirmative action, and universities claimed standardized tests would expand equity—why does it all feel like a lie

Equity matters, and this perspectives article explains why and why we reaffirm our commitment to equity work.

In a system designed to educate, it's ironic that so many students are learning how to disappear.

As we congratulate ourselves on 'progress,' this 5-year-old podcast reminds us real conversation on race never happened.

After relying on cellphones to save education during the pandemic, schools are now banning tools that could someday transform learning.

The future of DEI must be one of continuous evolution, informed by the lessons of the past but unafraid to innovate for the future.

Let us enter this school year with a renewed commitment to our Black boys, knowing that by lifting them, we become titans, lifting our world

While the science of reading provides valuable insights, it must be integrated with a deep understanding of the social, emotional, and cultu

In a dignity-driven curriculum, our children are given chances to see and be seen as they look into both mirrors and windows.

As we face the challenges posed by Project 2025, it's crucial to remember the progress we have made and the work that still needs to be done

The pedagogical arc is a structured approach to education that emphasizes a beginning, middle, and end in lessons, units, and individual act