“Who Will Lead Us? Unity Will Take Courage”
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, July 2016 The conditions before us demand that we respond in personal and courageous ways in order to resolve our nation’s racial quagmire. There are small and large steps that we must take individually and collectively to arrive at our...
“Long Time Coming, LR School Reform Much Needed”
Read this article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Published June 2016 As a proud graduate of Little Rock Central High School, my hope has always been (and continues to be) that the Little Rock School District would be an incubator for school innovation, so that...
“Black Lives Matter: Work Together to Correct Flaws”
Read this article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Published December 2014 | If America is going to reach her destination of racial healing, reconciliation, and unity, then young black lives have to matter and must be accounted for. The lives of every single American citizen are integral to our nation becoming the more perfect union that is our divine destiny.
“Our Indelible Stain: Racism Impedes Growth as a Nation”
Read this article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Published July 2014 In far too many places in America, the sad reality is that race, and issues related to it, cannot be discussed because of the historical, emotional, and social baggage that is attached to it....
“Hypocrisy Bared: Unpublicized Lives Sacred Too”
Read this article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Published July 2013 President Obama said that if he had a son, then that son would look like Trayvon Martin. We could say that about most black youth who have been victimized in their own neighborhoods and...
“Our Schools are a Reflection of Our Communities”
Read this article in the Education News | Published February 2013 When we witness school-aged youth shooting and killing schoolmates, it is a reflection of the widespread use and acceptance of violent means to resolve conflicts in big cities and small towns, and by...
“Teacher Compensation is a Necessary Carrot”
Read this article in the Education News | Published October 2012 America’s classroom teachers have earned the right to be compensated in ways that both acknowledge their contributions to the lives of students and reward them for their ability to foster growth and...
“Elephant in the Room: Poor Forgotten in Class Warfare”
Read this article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Published October 2012 With all the talk surrounding the widening gap between the wealthy class and everyone else, there continues to be very little attention given to the poor and working class people in this...
“In Chicago, It’s Still Not about the Children”
Read this article in the Education News | Published September 2012 As Chicago’s teachers’ union and city school officials hopefully finalize the details of a new labor agreement, it seems ironic that you have all the grownups holed up in meetings while the students...