Graduation days – May 15th and 17th – are exciting at Morgan State University (MSU). This spring, the keynote commencement speaker will be Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). As one [...]

Since 1949, the month of May has been recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States (U.S.). Typically, we witness an array of community, agency, and school events focused on topics such as the signs and symptoms of mental [...]

During my tenures as the leader of the public school districts in St. Paul, Austin, and Atlanta, National Teacher Appreciation Week was always one of my favorite weeks of the year! It was a time for our school community and for [...]

On the one hand, Black and Brown children have greatly benefitted from the heroic actions of the generations who preceded them. On the other, intergenerational poverty persists, and many public schools today are as segregated as they were in 1965. Huge [...]

Amazingly, only 25% of the nation’s school superintendents have experience at the elementary level, and this is closely related to the even more shocking fact that of our nation’s 13,728 superintendents, only 1,984 (14%) are women. “Yet 72% of all K-12 [...]

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the National Center for the Elimination of Educational Disparities (NCEED) newsletter! As the first director for the Center, I’m thrilled to embark on this new journey with you, sharing experiences and delving into the pressing [...]