The Expectations Project’s founder and president, Nicole Baker Fulgham, and chief of staff, Brian Acker Housman, recently had the unique privilege of participating in the inaugural gathering of a new program at Harvard, the Graduate School of Education’s LIFE Institute (the Leadership Institute for Faith and Education). LIFE’s inaugural gathering brought together 80 people from 57 organizations in 12 states. …
What Betsy DeVos left out of her HBCU statement (and why it should matter to people of faith)
In a statement yesterday celebrating the role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Education Secretary Betsy DeVos failed to acknowledge historical context that gave rise to them: legalized racial discrimination in the Jim Crow south. Though she later admitted the error, the initial omission is still concerning. We believe it is important to highlight both the history and current …