5 things for Black families to consider when choosing a school
Your child is entering a system that has historically fallen short in supporting Black students. So consider these five evidence-based signs that a school will be a supportive and equitable environment for your child.
Cracking the code on STEM success for Black and brown students
Project Lead The Way enables kids, regardless of background, to set goals and build careers in STEM fields.
How more Black teachers could improve your child鈥檚 education
Research shows the positive impact of Black educators. So why do we have so few of them?
The inclusive school
More schools are rethinking 鈥渋nclusion鈥� so every student can join classes, clubs, and activities in a place where they feel they belong.
Behind-the-scenes bridgebuilding
When ShaElla Askew failed to focus angry parents at her child's school toward effective advocacy, she convinced the school to transform how it communicated with families.
The cradle-to-career advocate
Raising five children, Ary French learned that showing up to school events wasn't enough鈥攔eal change required understanding how to help parents navigate the systems from birth to adulthood.
Finding parent power by infiltrating the school district
When board meetings and protests failed to create change, parent advocate Maribel Gardea got strategic鈥攑lacing parents on district councils and offering solutions until administrators had no choice but to listen.
When districts say one thing but do another
Leslie Caraballo got tired of relaying the same empty promises to the frustrated parents in her community, until she realized she needed to go beyond complaints and invoke the law.
From "here comes trouble" to national parent leader
Roquesha O'Neal always had the courage of her convictions. But the woman who used to "cuss everybody out" learned that raw passion needs to be tempered by a strategic plan.
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