Black Minds Matter PodcastED

Tiffany Ford is a successful entrepreneur, success coach, student advocate and the owner of 3 schools in Philadelphia.  

Tiffany is known as "The …

Shante Lane Tamerat is co-owner and co-founder with her mother of Discovery Lane school in Waldorf, Md. The idea for Discovery Lane came in the …

Dr. LeDonna Griffin is founder of Leaders to Legends More Than Conquerors Homeschool Co-op in Omaha, Neb., which equips, empowers and educates one …

Aba Healing Academy learned....   For many New Orleans', school- aged children, there is an opportunity to bring in a system that focuses on sound …

Currently, Rashaun recently led a national non-profit organization, Freedom Coalition for Charter Schools (FCCS), serving as its first Executive …

At SXSW EDU 2022, Black Minds Matter hosted a panel to celebrate education entrepreneurship! 

During this panel, we spoke with three Black school …

T.H.R.I.V.E. Christian Academy (TCA) is a new and unique academic addition to the metro-Atlanta community. Their mission is to equip and EMPOWER our …

ZEST Preparatory Academy Charter School is a kindergarten through fifth-grade school community in Georgia. Their founder Ms. Monique Carruthers is …

Legends Charter School was founded on the belief that all students can learn and deserve the opportunity to receive high-quality education, …

Kind Academy is a project-based, personalized, and passion-infused microschool serving students in grades PreK-5 online - in Florida and all over the …

Denisha Merriweather, founder of Black Minds Matter and Director of Public Relations and Content Marketing for American Federation for Children, talks about her organization’s work to advance the quality and options of …

Denisha Merriweather joins the Adrian Norman show to discuss Black Minds Matter

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After the tax-credit scholarship bill failed to pass in Nebraska, we are all trying to figure out just what happened.

Icon Preparatory School (Icon Prep) is a non-profit corporation founded in Tampa, Florida by Dr. Dwayne Raiford, Ms. Lolita Jackson, Mr. Maurice …

It is not uncommon for liberals to suggest that students of color who receive a private education are being manipulated to have certain political …

Dr. Phyllis Walker is a school accreditation, accountability and ongoing improvement consultant with over 20 years experience as an administrator in …

Janelle Wood founded and President of the Black Mothers Forum in Arizona in 2016. The organization strives to dismantle systemic racism and …

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Michigan this spring, causing nearly 2,000 new cases a day in early April, Bernita Bradley was ready.

Bradley has worked as a parent advocate in her native Detroit for more than 10 years, …

The phrase “For Us, By Us” (FUBU) is usually associated with the hip-hop apparel brand. However, Cameron Frazier is using the well-known phrase for a different reason. According to his Facebook page, the Jacksonville, …

Education inequality is just one result of systemic racism. It has eroded other aspects of black society like housing, public health, employment, …

In 2012, Kelley Williams-Bolar of Ohio was convicted of lying about her residency to get her children into a better school district. Williams-Bolar …

For season 2 of the Black Minds Matter PodcastED co-host @brianagilchrist and @deni_mweather will explore the stories of the school-to-prison …

For this episode, Kevin Chavous, President of K12, Inc. attorney, author, and former District of Columbia city councilman, joins me to discuss his …

Why is federal support for education freedom so important? During this episode, Terris Todd, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for African-Americans, join me to discuss his …

A study by the Thomas Fordman Institute found that Black students in charter schools are more likely to have black teachers than their peers in …

School Funding and Upward Mobility.  District contracts are not given out equally. During this episode, we discuss how school districts can do a …

What would the schools in Wakanda look like?  During this episode, the women of Wakanda brainstorm how education would be approached in the Black …

In this conversation, we will rewind the clocks of time to talk about the evolution of

school options in Tennessee with the leaders who are making it …

"If David Dukes ran today and put a 'D' beside his name, Black people would vote for him. If Joe Biden ran today and put a 'R' beside his name, no …

Anthony Samuels, the recipient of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit in Pennsylvania, was the youngest, black male to open a daycare in Philadelphia, PA. He's led the way in diversifying his mostly white private …

My name is Denisha Merriweather and I started the Black Minds Matter initiative after publishing an article titled Black Minds Matter. I wanted to …

Will black students get a better education at an all-white school? Hear from four black males who have had very diverse learning experiences.

This …

Education inequality is just one result of systematic racism. It has eroded other aspects of black society like housing, public health, profession, …

Let’s cut to it: American schools were not designed for African Americans and still fail millions of black children today. It’s no surprise schools …

This is a podcast exploring the root causes of educational inequality and the hope we have for a better path forward. 

The world is in the midst of a civil uprising as more bear witness to the racial and social …