There are many reasons why I love teaching. The number one reason I love teaching is that it’s one of my gifts. Each day, I get to practice getting better at my gift teaching at 7 Pillars Career Academy. Reflecting on teaching takes me to the powerful way Whitney Houston sang the words, “I believe the children are our future!”…
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Dr. King Envisioned Equity for Our Children In Public Schools, What Are We Giving Them?
Jason Terrell, Executive Director of Profound Gentlemen, shared a powerful message with Black male teachers on #iAmABlackMaleEducator blog. As the organization is preparing for it’s annual conference for Black male teachers, EdLanta is sharing Jason’s view on the Beloved Community Dr. King envision and our role in building it. Imagine you awoke this morning in a community governed on the…
BOOK Challenges Us to Provide Better Educational Outcomes for Black Boys by Bringing More Black Male Teachers into Early Learning Classrooms
Johnathon Hines was previously featured in a blog I wrote for EdLanta in October. We celebrated his accomplishments for becoming the first Black male Pre kindergarten teacher awarded Teacher of Year. So what’s next? The question I posed to Greg Clay, one of the leaders for the Men of Book, a subgroup of the organization BOOK, Inc. BOOK is an…
While We’re Advocating, Here’s A Two Weeks Notice From Teachers!
The conversation about the Nation’s teacher shortage isn’t happening in the media like it should. However, it’s definitely happening amongst teachers! I recently had the opportunity to participate in a conversation during class with teachers across Metro Atlanta. Teachers are stressed and burnt out already. I’m finding that more veteran teachers are choosing their health over the profession and newer…
Black Fathers Supporting Black Boys in Schools Should be the Center of Attention!
Over the last couple of years, I seen school and business leaders talk about the importance of turning around the academic performance of Black boys. But let’s face it, we want to know the schools and organizations actually making a difference in providing better educational outcomes for Black boys. For the second year in a row, I’ve witnessed more schools…
Language, Lexile Scores and Literacy Are Resources, Not Threats to Black Boys
We must be up front and realistic. Many of our struggling Black boys in schools have parents who are also struggling with how to engage them in reading. As a teacher, I create innovative ways of helping parents and families of Black boys to understand impact of language, Lexile scores and literacy on the success of their Black male student.…
Lockers to Lockdown; Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline
Gwinnett SToPP in collaboration with the End Mass Incarceration Georgia Network held an amazing event this past Saturday, “From Lockers to Lockdown: Educate Students, Stop Arrests.” Ending mass incarceration starts with dismantling the school to prison pipeline. Advocacy against mass incarceration isn’t being championed by Gwinnett SToPP alone. Rev. Warnock and T.I. have joined forces to address the issue in…