The Rise of Black Home Schoolers, Plus, Love & Color and Other Links
Black home schoolers, turned off by the American school system that mistreats African American students, are increasing in number. Plus, check out this touching video that celebrates true love in a most unexpected way, and other fresh links.
Black Students In All White Schools: These Kids’ Experience Will Break Your Heart (VIDEO)
Black students in all white schools are going through it. The students at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School break it down—and break our hearts.
Black Children and STEM Education: The Science of Becoming a Groundbreaker
When it comes to Black children and STEM education, Dr. Edith Davis is the perfect role model.
Black Students and Summer Slide: How Our Children’s Back-To-School Progress Slows Every Year
Are the lazy days of summer killing the academic progress of Black children? No doubt.
Five Fun Ideas For Summer Learning: It’s Not Too Late!
It's almost back-to-school time, but it's not too late to get in some last-minute summer learning. Great tips here!
What Black Educators Are Saying About the Effects of Race On Our Sons
Does a white teacher's inability and unwillingness to deal with their own racial biases lead to stressful interactions with black boys? Educators say yes—and then some.
60 Years After Brown Decision, US Schools More Segregated Than Ever
Many of the advances in desegregating schools made after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education ruling have stopped—or been reversed.
Mother Wit: Help Your Child Get Better Grades, Without Punishing Him
Bringing home a "D" on the report card used to earn this mom a whooping. But she wants Mother Wit to help her get her son's grades up—without hitting him.
This’ll Make Tiger Mom’s Head Explode: A Radical Way To Parent Black Children
Our jobs as parents is to help our children practice excellence within their own unique life design. Here's a radical way one mom puts this to the test as she unschools her daughters.
What Educational Excellence Looks Like
She's no "Tiger Mom." But our Faith & Motherhood columnist knows a thing or two about how to coax excellence out of our babies.
