The Trump administration conspired this summer to cruelly disrupt all the public schools in our country by illegally freezing federal Title II funds. They claimed that, essentially, the money was being spent on the “woke agenda.” Right before the school year started, there was a thaw. Funds were released after 24 state attorneys general challenged […]

The first time I heard the phrase in person, I guess, was as a substitute teacher. “You don’t know me!” said a 5th grade Black boy (at a predominantly white school), in a fight. He repeated the phrase as we pulled him off the other kid. He was right. We didn’t know him. His teacher […]