Stories

1972 Gary Declaration Was A Call For Equality That Remains Unanswered

More than five decades ago, some 10,000 Black leaders gathered for the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana. What came to be known as the Gary Convention of 1972 was an inflection...

Education Has an Engagement Problem, and AI can Help Fix it

In the fight for attention, education is outmatched. Social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube leverage millions of creators and advanced AI to create ultra-personalized, highly...

Math

‘Useless' Math: From y=mx+b to Silicon Valley Dreams

A chorus often emerges on Facebook from the disgruntled masses of math students. This lament echoes through the hallways of high schools and on Beyoncé’s internet: "Another day has passed, and yet...

Math

You Learned Math Incorrectly; Do You Want Your Children To Do The Same?

Many parents want to teach their kids math the same way they learned math; the problem is that the way they learned math didn’t prepare them for the technical future they found themselves in as...

Schools largely unprepared to address AI manipulation of student photos

A recent event at Aliso Viejo Middle School in Capistrano Unified, where a student used artificial intelligence software to create a nude photo of a 13-year-old girl by putting the girl’s face on...

Mental Health

Lost Joy is Driving Black Educators Away from the Profession

In the song “Don’t Take Your Joy Away” by Kirk Franklin and the Family, the soloist's verses express a need for God not to take His joy away, even though this person may have sometimes fallen below...

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