Rann Miller directs the 21st Century Community Learning Center, a federally funded after-school program located in southern New Jersey. He spent 6 years teaching in charter schools in Camden, New Jersey. He is the creator, writer and editor of the Official Urban Education Mixtape Blog. Follow him on Twitter: @UrbanEdDJ.
Voting for the lesser of two evils isn’t always enough to get people out to the polls, but maybe voting to reverse a trend sending us toward some version of an American apartheid is. more
Racism in the classroom leaves white students racially illiterate. more
Snehalkanodia
When schools fail to challenge Eurocentric curricula and pedagogy, they alienate teachers of color. more
Keith Allison
Should it take a sports hero to keep at-risk schools open? more
Literacy has been, and continues to be, a critical component of African-American liberation. more
Roemel
To say that a durag sets up a black man for failure is ignorant, at best. more
Daehan
It is important that students learn of a world prior to European’s attempt to rule over it. more
Pete Souza (white house archives)
Obama-era policies forced schools to deal with racism in their disciplinary practices. Now the Team Trump wants to scrap those measures. more
wk1003mike/Shutterstock
What would it mean for black students to sit in a classroom knowing their teacher was armed? more
Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
Fostering pride in one’s own achievement is worthwhile, but pursuing it in isolation of the gospel of the black freedom struggle is like building on quicksand. more
Happiness47
Garden State lawmakers wanted to make it easier for privately-run schools to take over school buildings built or renovated with public dollars—and that sets a dangerous precedent. more
Jitu Brown
While financial resources are important, a lack of them will not prevent a unified group of parents from being influential. more
GoingBatty
State takeovers of local schools aren’t making good on the promise to provide all children with a quality education. more
Motown31
Eliminating protections for undocumented students threatens America's urban public schools. more
Given teacher demographics, white teachers must be given the tools to discuss Ferguson, Charlottesville, and the next city to be in the news because racism isn’t going away. more
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