Chris Stewart
RECENT POSTS
Posted July 20, 2020
What If Your Entire School System Was the Racist Monument That Should Come Down?
The angry protestors are coming for public statues of historic Americans as diverse as Confederate traitors like Robert E. Lee and slave-owning…
Posted July 13, 2020
White Progressives Have a Lot of Work to Do, and I’m Not Here to Help
When I ran for school board it was the former Minneapolis mayor who was the first elected official to endorse…
Posted Mar. 18, 2020
Communities Need Bold and Decisive Leaders Right Now
Tough times reveal all you need to know about the soul of good people. This is coming into focus for…
Posted Mar. 13, 2020
Just Because I’m a Full-Time Education Activist Doesn’t Mean I Know What to Do Now
When news reports of the coronavirus became too alarming to ignore a few of my brothers and sisters in Christ…
Posted Mar. 13, 2020
A Letter From Brightbeam in Response to Coronavirus
Dear Friends and Fellow Activists, Our brightbeam team cares about your safety and ours. Like you, we are closely watching…
Posted Feb. 25, 2020
Presidential Candidates Do Not Think All Families Are Created Equal
I’m starting to notice a trend among the presidential candidates. I don’t think they’re vying to be a president who…
Posted Feb. 11, 2020
Real Reformers Keep Pushing for Better Outcomes Even When There Are No Easy Answers
A few nights ago the CEO for Baltimore Public Schools joined my colleagues on the 8 Black Hands podcast to…
Posted Jan. 28, 2020
We Shined a Light on What Many Refuse to See: World-Class Cities With Third-World Educational Results
You mad, bro? That seems like the most appropriate question to ask after my team released “The Secret Shame of…
Posted Jan. 19, 2020
Dr. King Would Have Shined a Light on the Shame of ‘Progressive’ Cities. So Should We.
On the day that the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was taken in 1968, he had become increasingly…
Posted Jan. 7, 2020
This Is Where I Convince You to Become a Mentor for a Young Person in Your Community
Toward the end of last year, my colleagues were writing wrap-ups to the decade and providing strong analysis of what…
