Celebrating Black History Month

As someone who lives and thrives in the world of education, who has much faith in its transformative qualities, I always look at the K-12 system to see what is being done around the country for Black History Month. It is the one opportunity where we as a nation can take deliberate steps to understand the relationship of Blacks and Whites in the United States using many lenses, history only being one of them. Focusing locally, I see that once again, my children’s school district, Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) in Southern California, has done little to commemorate the month. There is no established curriculum, or coordinated efforts, even at the level of individual schools, to have the necessary discussions to advance our understanding of race relations in the United States. The efforts are left to the individual teachers to integrate readings or video clips and engage in conversation with their students. <a href="https://medium.com/@menubia/celebrating-black-history-month-95e2934c2d98">Read More</a>