Our inequitable schools can't change in time for our kids. If it was going to happen soon, it would be happening right now, and it's not.

Our inequitable schools can't change in time for our kids. If it was going to happen soon, it would be happening right now, and it's not.

For me and my family, we are not turning back to old ways that weren’t working. Even if it’s familiar and simple and alluring.

I want my children’s life and education to be more than a repeat of their parents’ old school wounds. Now is the time to be bold, to make decisions based in faith and a revolutionary view of education.

I’ll keep trying to write about education, but my focus has, with four kids at home, necessarily shifted from demanding radical change from a faceless system, to enacting radical change in my own life. This is a mission.

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Black History Today: Kisa Hendrickson, a voice for those who would be kept voiceless

Black History Today: Kisa Hendrickson, a voice for those who would be kept voiceless

Black History Today, created by Marcus Harden in honor of Black History Month, pays tribute to the living legacy of Black history in our community and beyond, and recognizes the people like Kisa Henderson who are shaping the future.

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As we mourn the loss of 'normal,' the time has come to envision a bold new future for our schools

As we mourn the loss of 'normal,' the time has come to envision a bold new future for our schools

We may have experienced the Last Class in the world we once knew, but from adversity always comes opportunity. I hope we use this time to create a new world of opportunities and access for students of color and the educators that continue to support them.

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