Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative

03/29/2026

Enroll before the deadline!!

ABC to Ph.D. Enrichment Academy is now preparing to launch as a full-time, tuition-free public charter school with a private school feel, opening Fall 2027 for PreK–3rd grade. Submit the Intent to Enroll Application for your child by Friday, April 10th. www.abctophd.org/intent-to-enroll

03/28/2026

The ABC to Ph.D Enrichment Academy is transitioning to a full school model in 2027!

You already know what ABC to Ph.D. can do. Now, we are growing!!

ABC to Ph.D. Enrichment Academy is expanding into a full-time school for Fall 2027, bringing the same engaging, high-quality learning experience into an everyday environment designed for growth, confidence, and academic excellence. We are now accepting Intent to Enroll forms https://www.abctophd.org/intent-to-enroll for our founding class: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade.

Spots will be limited. Submit your Intent to Enroll today and be part of building something different.

https://www.abctophd.org/intent-to-enroll

03/26/2026

Black women educators’ political clarity- that is, the legacy of Black women educators' pedagogies, understands that schools are projects of anti-Black racism wrapped together with classism, sexism, and white supremacist capitalist logic. Our political clarity as praxis shifts Black children from "problems" to beings worthy of love, protection, and always educable. Black women educators political clarity reflects the notion that teaching and learning can never be culturally or politically neutral.

02/11/2026

01/21/2026

01/19/2026

While often forgotten in mainstream Civil Rights narratives, Black educators were on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Their classrooms were sites of high expectations, truth-telling, and preparation for freedom. Outside of their classrooms, Black teachers organized secretly through organizations like the Georgia Teachers and Education Association, led by Horace Tate and took enormous personal and professional risks to advocate for the desegregation of schools so their students would have access to resources and opportunities. Ironically, we are still doing that same work.

01/06/2026

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A student at a Las Vegas-area high school took matters into her own hands after she heard concerns her peers have about racism and safety following a bullying incident on c…

12/15/2025

Happy Birthday to SNBEI's Vice-President, author, advocate, and Chicago's Finest, Dr. Tracy Edwards!!! As a Literacy Strategist with over 20 years of experience in the field of education, Tracy began her career as an educator in Chicago where she worked as a middle school teacher, instructional coach, and department chair. Tracy also served as lead Curriculum Designer and Professional Development Specialist for DePaul University/Digital Youth Network in Chicago, where she assisted in the design and implementation of an online writing curriculum for elementary schools throughout the city.