ALICIA D. WILLIAMS

Good question. Simon & Schuster says grades sixth through eighth. Some teachers say fifth graders can read it. Twitter, well, adults are...

I love teachers. I really do. Okay, you probably think I'm biased, right? Well, there may be some truth tucked in that statement. And,...

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I know, I know I'm a full grown woman, but I was as nervous as a little girl on the first day of school. It was, after all, my first...

Wait--there's more. Much, much more. Click here for the rest of my interview with Ryan Pitkin. And until I can figure out how to link the...

Colorism is when we discriminate against people with darker skin tones, AND it happens within the same race. It is such a sensitive...

This article from Blativity by Alexa Lisitza was sent to me...and I'm gonna drop it right here and let it marinate....