10 Questions to Ask Your School or School District About Race

Calling all teachers, parents, and students. We must all come together and get tough and loud in the fight against racism. We can start with our schools, a place where children and teenagers gather every day to learn. Learning about race starts in the home and grows in the school. Our schools need to be beacons of light and hope that one day we can end racism. But in order to do that, we must not shy away from hard conversations and we must not remain silent on something that matters so much. We must demand answers from our schools and pressure them to change. Here are 10 questions we can ask our schools and school districts.

1. How many black administration, teachers and coaches are employed at the school?

Our black students need to see black figures of authority. Our white students need to learn from them. No student should graduate high school without ever having a black principal, teacher, or coach.

2. What are you actively doing to recruit and hire highly effective teachers of color?

Just like the army and other professions get out there to recruit for positions, schools and districts alike need to get out there and find teachers of color.