Gifted Education Should Not Be Zero-Sum
Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash One of my favorite books is The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together...
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Melissa Smith
- Jul 16
Prioritizing Sidelined Narratives: Reshaping Education for Equity and Inclusion
Photo by Maheima Kapur on Unsplash Have you ever questioned the content of your textbooks or the narratives shared in classrooms? Did you...
Doug Wren
- May 15
Will Old Donation School Ever Be Fully Integrated? Part 3: The Great Equalizer
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash In case you were wondering about the main title of this blog series, Virginia Beach’s Old Donation...
Melissa Smith
- May 1
Land Acknowledgements: Honoring Indigenous and Enslaved Peoples
by Melissa Smith Photo by Amber Martin on Unsplash For far too long, the history of Indigenous and Enslaved peoples has been ignored or...
Meghan Raftery
- Apr 9
Raising (White Male) Antiracists Part 3: Power and Privilege
The work of antiracism is a lifelong journey. There is no endpoint and for every step forward, there may be steps sideways or backwards....
Doug Wren
- Apr 6
Will Old Donation School Ever Be Fully Integrated? Part 2: The Folly of Testing First Graders
In Part 1 of this blog series, I reported some unsettling statistics from the Virginia Department of Education’s 2021 and 2022 Fall...
Doug Wren
- Mar 21
Will Old Donation School Ever Be Fully Integrated? Part 1: Change Is Slow
Photo by Phil Reid on Unsplash If you saw my seven-part blog series last summer or my follow-up post, Two Steps Forward and One Back,...
Melissa Smith
- Jan 8
Do NOT Put Your Hands on Their HEADS
How did you feel when the Crown Act was passed in the House of Representatives on March 18, 2022? Now, what were your emotions when the...
Meghan Raftery
- Oct 27, 2022
The Myth of “They”
The life of a self-authoring educator can be pretty lonely. Self-authors forge their own pathways through existing systems by creating...
Sebrina Lindsay-Law
- Oct 20, 2022
Maturity Is Not Measured by Your Age!
I have been in many discussions, conversations, and dialogues with individuals. Whether these actions took place face to face, by...
Doug Wren
- Sep 26, 2022
Two Steps Forward and One Back
Anyone who has read my summer blog series or the letter I wrote recently to the editor of Virginia’s largest daily newspaper knows where...
Meghan Raftery
- Aug 21, 2022
Ban Or Understand? Policies That Respect Emerging Adults
Imagine you just got a promotion at a company where you’ve worked for 11 years. You’ve been a loyal employee ever since your first day...
Sebrina Lindsay-Law
- Aug 17, 2022
The Time Is Now!
Since Brown v. Board of Education, there has been legal precedent for equitable educational opportunities regardless of demographics,...
Meghan Raftery
- Aug 15, 2022
Raising (White Male) Antiracists – Part Two: Decolonize Your Mind
True confession: I did not recognize my Whiteness until I was well into my thirties. I cringe to admit this, but it is true. When I was...
Sheila Wilson
- Aug 14, 2022
Confronting Implicit Bias: How Are We Showing Up For ALL Students?
What do you see when you look at your students? It should come as no surprise that perception dictates the way we see and interact with...
Meghan Raftery
- Aug 11, 2022
Raising (White Male) Antiracists – Part One: Biodiversity
When I think of the most compelling reasons I want to become more culturally competent, number one on the list is to help raise children...
Frances Knight Thompson
- Jul 26, 2022
Civility Through The Lens Of Race – Courageous And Compassionate Conversations
We move through the world differently from one another. The generational and historical treatment of Black people in our country, since...
Doug Wren
- Jul 25, 2022
Put Students First. Seek Growth. Be Open To Change. (Part Seven – Finale)
When I posted Part 1 over seven weeks ago, I said it was the first installment of a multi-part blog series. At that time, I didn’t know...
Doug Wren
- Jul 7, 2022
Put Students First. Seek Growth. Be Open to Change. (Part Six)
Welcome to Part 6 of my blog series. So far, we’ve covered how a large school district uses universal screening, standardized testing,...
Doug Wren
- Jun 30, 2022
Put Students First. Seek Growth. Be Open to Change. (Part Five)
The purpose of this blog series is to analyze the reasons behind the underidentification of certain identity groups in a large school...
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