Kelly Wickham HurstWhat if Quarantine Homeschooling is Better For Black Children?It’s hard to say where the research on this would be but I had a sobering thought yesterday: what kind of love and care are our children…3 min read·Mar 23, 2020--3--3
Kelly Wickham HurstMacro AffirmationsRecently, over on Twitter, I asked a question about the new vocabulary people are learning in order to see what parts of my own lexicon…·5 min read·Jun 1, 2019--2--2
Kelly Wickham HurstA Certain Looking White WomanEvery week, I stand before a roomful of strangers in antiracism workshops. There’s a lot one must be prepared for when doing this kind of…·5 min read·May 8, 2019--1--1
Kelly Wickham HurstTeachers Need to Prepare for the 2018–19 School Year. Here’s How.Not only did I spend the first 10 years as a classroom teacher during my education career but I was department chair for a while, too. That…7 min read·Jun 29, 2018--2--2
Kelly Wickham HurstHarming Students with “Slave” AssignmentsIn my first few years of teaching I learned, the hard way, about making mistakes with classroom assignments I was creating. We had our…7 min read·Jun 2, 2018--5--5
Kelly Wickham HurstWhat institutionalized racism looks like inside our system of educationIn May of this last school year, I had a last straw moment. As a guidance dean and a part of an administrative team, this was truly nothing…·9 min read·Mar 7, 2018--23--23
Kelly Wickham HurstOn Protests, Arming Teachers, and What Schools Really NeedI have a sneaking suspicion that politicians and everyday citizens in this country have very little idea of what happens daily inside the…6 min read·Feb 22, 2018----
Kelly Wickham HurstinBeing Black at SchoolBeing Black at School Founder Awarded ADME StatusKelly Wickham Hurst has been awarded co-hort status for the Advancing the Development of Minority Entrepreneurship in Illinois. In seeking…2 min read·Feb 17, 2017----
Kelly Wickham HurstinBeing Black at SchoolNext Steps for BBASNothing that’s happened in the last week has deterred us from the original mission and vision of Being Black at School. Black students are…3 min read·Feb 10, 2017----
Kelly Wickham HurstinBeing Black at SchoolWe Have a New Ed Secretary: What Does This Mean?Yesterday I went with a friend to do a little self-care and get a manicure and, inevitably, the conversation with the nail technicians…4 min read·Feb 8, 2017----