Sold a Story is important I’ve just finished listening to all six episodes of Emily Hanford’s masterful podcast, Sold a Story. Should educators and concerned parents listen? Yes. Should they take it as gospel truth? No! Keep reading… Children have been harmed! Hanford is a talented and courageous journalist. I am grateful to her for […]
Literacy Frees Slaves Frederick Douglass, a former slave, said, “Once you have learned to read you will be forever free.” Just because slavery was legally abolished in the U.S. and U.K. doesn’t mean it disappeared. People still experience life situations that keep them enslaved to poverty and dead-end employment. Furthermore, the school-to-prison pipeline is real. […]