In states like Florida, where restrictions on AP African American History, DEI censorship and books bans have caused turmoil, Juneteenth is an opportunity for educator Brian Knowles to explore with his students the “more despondent areas of American history that are often avoided.” That includes examining the intellectual and cultural foundations of the holiday: the...

When historic wildfires burned across Los Angeles earlier this year, L.A. high school teacher and young adult author Veronica Bane identified an issue that wasn’t being addressed — the loss of classroom libraries. Bane, an English teacher at Alliance Susan & Eric Smidt Technology High School, drew from her deep belief in the power of...

More than two decades ago, Regis Inge showed a shy Kendrick Lamar the power of a thesaurus. Just two weeks ago, he watched the Grammy winner perform “a salute to Black history” at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. A 30-year educator in the Compton Unified School District, Inge is a 2015 California League of Middle...