At CT3 we commit to support real change — internally and externally — in the anti-racist movement that is well overdue in our country. We provide our Juneteenth 2019 statement to our partners and larger network of educators as a guide for many, if not...
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, eight people — six of them Asian women — were killed by gunfire at Asian-run massage spas in Atlanta, Georgia. The suspect in these murders was taken into custody with Cherokee County police as the investigation unfolds. After taking the alleged...
To say our national language has become polarized is an understatement. Even topics that seem innocuous are somehow linked to the voracious political arguments that have been so divisive in recent memory. Everywhere, voices decry side picking — on January 20, President Joseph Biden called...
On October 17, 2020, we celebrate Black Poetry Day in honor of Jupiter Hammon, who is believed to be the first African American to publish poetry in the United States. He was born into slavery in Long Island, New York on October 17, 1711. His poem...
In this blog series, we are interviewing a member of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. This is an excerpt from Marcus' interview with The Boreland...
Culturally relevant educators acknowledge and appreciate children’s home cultures and validate every student's experience by seizing opportunities to strengthen the connection between home and school while building better school culture. Building a Better School Culture This can be challenging for teachers who find themselves restricted by curriculum...
Antiracist Teaching In response to the Black Lives Matter protests following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, a principal I support engaged in conversations with members of her staff to express support and solidarity with Black colleagues, and to invite feedback on...
A 2017-18 National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) report shows that 79 percent of elementary and secondary educators are white; 7 percent are Black. Further, 76 percent of elementary and secondary educators are female. Given white women make up the vast majority of the public...
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865: the day that Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told slaves of their emancipation. "In accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free," Granger read to a crowd....
Pain For most, it is internal and external. One is normally worse than the other depending on our personalities and how we deal with trauma and grief. From my perspective as a Black man, that is not the case. The internal and external pain is equally...