Guest Blogger
Intern, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
Washington, D.C.
Andrene Jones-Castro is a graduate intern at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans and is a doctoral student studying education policy at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sixty-two years ago this month, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and prohibited discrimination on…
There are very few spaces where women are affirmed and acknowledged as mothers, sisters, partners and leaders. There are even…
On Friday June 10, 2016, The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (WHIEEAA) in partnership with National…
After four years of being a largely forgotten policy area, PK-12 education suddenly became a national priority last week. Under ordinary circumstances, this should be…
When I ran for school board it was the former Minneapolis mayor who was the first elected official to endorse me. She asked me a…
There is no doubt educators are exhausted from a trial-by-fire school year. As a virulent pathogen spread, we were forced to abandon brick and mortar…
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