Postsecondary success for Black students is a long time issue. Public school districts continue to recreate the same type of programs to incentive paths for post graduation for Black students that don’t render success. Realistically speaking, the programs can’t render success if Black students aren’t graduating as they should. Preparing Black students for college or post secondary options becomes even…
Improving Literacy for Black Students Must Be #1 on Our Christmas Wish List!
According to Forbes, on national tests last year, only 18 percent of Black 4th-graders scored proficient or above in reading; the figure for white 4th-graders was 45 percent. For 8th graders, the percentages were 15 and 42 percent. This suggests reading instruction in public schools is the reason for Black and brown student failure, but I disagree. The lack of…
Deciding to Graduate or Survive Shouldn’t Be A Challenge Black High School Students Face
Black high students are working full time during the pandemic and in school. One of our EdLanta student coalition members, Aisha Dukuly, is a hardworking high school senior in Gwinnett County, Georgia. She identifies with what many of her peers across the nation who are working during the pandemic to survive while preparing to graduate high school. In a conversation…
A Special Education Teacher In Georgia Ran for Schoolboard to Tear Down Years of Segregationist Ideals
Recently, longtime Gwinnett School Board Member, Mary Kay Murphy, is projected to have won her reelection campaign against Gwinnett County special education teacher Tanisha Banks. And yes, Tanisha is a Black woman whose name is added to the list of Black women across the country who ran for public office on a platform of equity. The 74 shared a powerful…
Buying Black Includes Businesses Partnering with Schools in Black Communities!
If every business in Atlanta partnered with local schools in some way, we would cover each school, early learning center, after school program and day care supporting children. Tune into Family Reunion, hosted by EdLanta, Monday, November 30, 2020, 6 p.m. EST as we continue this conversation on Black communities, schools and families in Family Reunion. But it’s not this…
President Elect Biden, We Don’t Need Another Secretary of Education Who Protects the Status Quo
Atlanta parent leaders want President- Elect Biden to know that it’s time out for putting in people to the Secretary of Education position who do knowing but protect the status quo. If America is a super power, our public education system should be also. But it’s not. In fact, several of the country’s that current President Donald Trump would say…
Black Women Continue to Make History in Georgia through Grassroots Efforts!
Karen Watkins was one of the recent candidates who won her district in the November 3, 2020 election. Watkins (D) defeated long-term incumbent Carole Boyce (R), of District 1 by 55,836 votes to 39,018 votes. Watkins brings forth a sector of stakeholder who in over the 200+ years of the Gwinnett school that hasn’t been represented. She is both Black…