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Our Children Are Activists, Too [BK Nation]

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Somewhere In Syria, A Child Dreams Too

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Diversity and Openness at the Bammy Awards, From Errol Smith

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If I Spoke At The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington [Huffington Post]

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Embracing The Elephant (Race and Education Reform)

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Kendrick Lamar’s Control (Happy Birthday, Hip-Hop)

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Stop And Frisk These Test Scores

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Afro-Latinos and The Power of And

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Short Notes: I’m Not Burning My A-Rod Jersey

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On Almost Meeting Jonah Edelman

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Pat Buchanan, Trayvon Martin, And Why Racism Isn’t Going Away

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10 Things You Can Do In School After The Trayvon Martin Tragedy

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The Trayvon Martins, The Marissa Alexanders, The Danroy Henrys, The Emmett Tills

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Justice Even When It’s Just Us (On Trayvon Martin)

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Hear Women Speak On Women [A Small Rejoinder To My Privilege]

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Outside Of A Comfort Zone (On The Aspen Ideas Festival)

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Rope-A-Dope Like Muhammad Ali [Collaborateurs]

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Invisibility and People Of Color in Education Reform

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Having A Voice Isn’t Free, Either (Inspiring Teacher Voice)

A Memo on Teacher Voice

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A Note On Teacher Evaluations [A Memo For Sanity]

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Moments Like This [Soul Of A Man]

Honesty In The Time Of Professionalism

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Stand Up On The Train

Please, Keep Writing and Teaching [Kick More Ass]

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Born To Do This Shit [On Personal Legends and Teaching]

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Resolve

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When It Comes To Testing, Kids Get Labeled Failures First

Freestyle Week: How Politeness Kills Even The Pretense of Justice

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An Open Letter From The Trenches [To Education Activists, Friends, and Haters]

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Chesar Chavez, Jesus Christ, and Commitment to Eradicating Poverty [To The Foolish]

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Chinua Achebe and Finding The Language For My Experience

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Is Education The Same As Schooling?

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John Legend and the Well-Meaning Corporatists

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Riot When You’re Black, Angry Need Not Apply

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Educators, You Might Be A Good, Racist Person Too

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A. Phillip Randolph and Who Really Controls Teacher Voice

Quvenzhané Wallis, Matthew McConaughey, and How We See Our Children of Color

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On Leadership Through Teaching Others To Lead

On Edu-Blogging While Negro [We Ain’t Even Supposed To Be Here]

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What If You’re A White Teacher Teaching Black History? [Some Examples]

If You’re Teaching Black History Month This Way, Please Stop

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On Writing As Revenge

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The Revisionist’s Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have A Dream For Most Of Us”

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On National Education Discourse (Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That)

If Every Other Word Out Of Your Mouth Is “Common Core”, You’re The Problem

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Style and Substance (or, At Least Three Things You Don’t Say To A Man of Color)

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A Spoiler for Frontline’s Michelle Rhee Documentary

Ohhh, Sometimes, I Get A Good Feeling. [Get A Feeling That I Never Ever Ever Had Before, No]

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Race and Intellect, or Except for You, You’re The Smart One [Unreleased]