Guest Blogger
Teacher, District of Columbia Public Schools
Washington, D.C.
James Cunningham is the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) 2015 Teacher of the Year. He has taught for 31 years (and counting) at DCPS. After serving at Anacostia High School for many years, James now teaches at The School Without Walls High School.
Across the entire United States, there aren’t nearly enough Black teachers inside classrooms. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, less than 7% of…
We know all too well Black and brown students in marginalized communities are now bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s effect on schools—with inadequate technology,…
There have been some good reasons to close schools over the past year—in the early days of the pandemic, for example, or during major weather…
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