Category Archives: Changing the Discourse
My Brother’s Keeper: Do we have the will to make a way?
I was honored to provide a guest post on the Huffington Post blog of Eric Cooper, Founder, President of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, in response to President Obama’s recent My Brother’s Keeper initiative. You can read an … Continue reading
A Welcome New Education Declaration
The National Equity Project joins the thousands of educators and other Americans who have applauded the new “Education Declaration to Rebuild America.” We join our advisory board member Linda Darling-Hammond and our colleagues from the Coalition for Community Schools, the … Continue reading
Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
This month National Equity Project board member Gregory Hodge will participate on a panel at the Foundation Center in San Francisco on “Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys: Where Do We Go From Here?” Other panelists represent organizations including … Continue reading
A Widely Misunderstood Aspect of Leadership
Leadership is not about control, argues Mike Myatt in Forbes recently. It is about surrender. A leader simply operates at their best when they understand their ability to influence is much more fruitful than their ability to control. Here’s the … Continue reading
The Common Core, Pre-Reading, and Equity
Our Curriculum Developer Zaretta Hammond co-authored an article for the new issue of Phi Delta Kappan titled “Text and Truth: Reading, student experience, and the Common Core” (requires subscription). Zaretta and her co-author Susan Sandler write that the Common Core … Continue reading