Opinion Want to Support Education Leaders of Color? Help Them With Fundraising Want to Support Education Leaders of Color? Help Them With Fundraising To support Black women who want to open new schools, organizations should teach them how to raise money and introduce them to grantors and other potential donors. Recent Opinion Pieces 4 Inclusive Practices to Welcome All Students to Your Classroom Create a classroom that prioritizes student agency and inclusivity for all students during back-to-school season and throughout the school year. Christian Polizzi Educator Elementary Students Can Learn to Make the World a Better Place An organization founded by a Teach For America alum aims to empower children to positively change the world they are inheriting. Jacob Adams Contributor Want to Support Education Leaders of Color? Help Them With Fundraising To support Black women who want to open new schools, organizations should teach them how to raise money and introduce them to grantors and other potential donors. Ebony Payne Brown Author Veterans, Your Next Act of Service Could Be in the K-12 classroom What if more of military veterans stepped into the 300,000 unfilled jobs in schools across the country? Ryan Pavel Chief Executive Officer, Warrior-Scholar Project Allies Need to Be Bold in Their Support of LGBTQ Teachers and Students The back-to-school season poses a challenge for queer teachers: How open can they be about who they are? Dwayne J. Bensing Legal Director, ACLU You Will Encounter the Model Minority Myth, but It Is Your Legacy to Resist It The perpetuation of the model minority myth in education harms Asian Americans and hinders efforts to build coalitions with other marginalized people. Tony DelaRosa Author DACA Decisions Aren’t Just News; They Affect Lives Like Mine Educators and allies should be mindful of the emotional toll experienced by students and others awaiting legal rulings and policy decisions around immigration in the U.S. María Perales Sánchez 1L, Yale Law School Lessons About Black August Also Teach Students to Push for Meaningful Change The new school year is an ideal time to introduce students to lesser-known Black change-makers and historic pushes for social justice. Joseph Edelin Public Speaker and Educator DACA Changed My Life–But Undocumented Youth Deserve More DACA provided some relief to many undocumented youth but its future is uncertain. It is past time for Congress to create lasting protections and a path to citizenship. José González Camarena Senior Managing Director of the DACA Initiative at Teach For America How Afrocentric Lessons Teach Black Kids to Love Themselves K-12 students typically learn about history through a lens that erases or minimizes the contributions of people of color. Joseph Edelin Public Speaker and Educator See More Subscribe to Our Newsletter The monthly ‘One Day Today’ newsletter features our top stories, delivered straight to your in-box. Email Content is loading...