ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson
RECENT POSTS
Posted Feb. 21, 2020
We’re Teaching Black History Month All Wrong
News flash: We have been celebrating Black History Month all wrong. Black History Month (originally “Negro History Week”) was started…
Posted Feb. 13, 2020
My Daughter Has Autism and She Isn’t Just Learning Black History, She’s Ready to Teach It
Almost everyone in my family is a quick talker and quick answer-er. In fact, we hardly ever have a family…
Posted Feb. 7, 2020
Children With Disabilities Have Civil Rights, Too
When we think of legally segregated and unequal schools, we usually think of the Jim Crow system of “Black and…
Posted Jan. 23, 2020
Here’s What It Really Means to Move to a ‘Good School’ in a ‘Good Neighborhood’
Many White folks, especially Northern White liberals who voted for Obama, would argue they are not racist, even while they…
Posted Oct. 17, 2019
Drop Your Assumptions About Kids With Special Needs and Their Families
As a parent of a child with special needs, I pay a lot of money to provide the services that…
Posted Oct. 9, 2019
Fellow Black Parents, It’s Time to Break the Silence About Our Kids With Disabilities
My mom and society have taught me that it is rude to offer advice when no one asks for it. But…
Posted Sep. 25, 2019
Reading the Right Books, Not Just the White Books, Will Help Black Students Succeed
Dear Black Students: I want to tell you something controversial, something different from the messages most people will give you.…
Posted Sep. 6, 2019
Don’t Integrate Schools Just to Benefit White Kids
White progressive educators and parents, I know lots of you. And I know you think diversity in schools is important.…
Posted Aug. 29, 2019
Here’s What Children With Disabilities and Their Families Want Teachers to Know as We Start the School Year
As a mom of a child with disabilities, I know we parents can spend the early days of the school…
Posted Aug. 24, 2019
The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
This week America celebrated the 99th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s passage, which granted women the right to vote. However,…
