Metro Atlanta

Want to Support Education Leaders of Color? Help Them With Fundraising

To support Black women who want to open new schools, organizations should teach them how to raise money and introduce them to grantors and other potential donors.

Ebony Payne Brown

Author

Lessons About Black August Also Teach Students to Push for Meaningful Change

The new school year is an ideal time to introduce students to lesser-known Black change-makers and historic pushes for social justice.

Joseph Edelin

Public Speaker and Educator

How Afrocentric Lessons Teach Black Kids to Love Themselves

K-12 students typically learn about history through a lens that erases or minimizes the contributions of people of color.

Joseph Edelin

Public Speaker and Educator

In This Vision of Education, Students Are Empowered to Love Learning and Themselves

Ebony Payne Brown is working to open a charter school in Atlanta with rigorous academics, where students feel loved and their identities are celebrated.

Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz

Managing Director, Film + Video Projects

Marquita Brown

Senior Editor, One Day Digital

Afro-Latinx Students Navigate Racism and Erasure in the Classroom

Schools need more resources and data to ensure Afro-Latinx students are being represented and understood.

Stephanie García

Writer-Editor

Corps Member Begins Visioning for Mobile Student App

Monique Nunnally (Metro Atlanta, '15) writes about her vision for her students.

The TFA Editorial Team

Allow Black Students to Be Their Authentic Selves at School

Schools must end punitive rules that dictate to Black children how they can show up in physical or remote classrooms.

Jason B. Allen

Meet Four Women Who Are Lawyering for Good

Lawyers get a bad rap. These fighters for justice will restore your faith in the profession. 

Christina Chinnici

Susan Brenna

Voting For School Board Members Matters, Too

It may sit at the bottom of the ballot, but this role has the power to change local education systems.

Laura Zingg

Editorial Project Manager, One Day Studio

Planning for the Unknown Future of School

School and district leaders are looking ahead to what returning to school might look like in the fall, and planning for an unprecedented start to the school year.

Laura Zingg

Editorial Project Manager, One Day Studio