CLLCTIVGIVE 2025 GIVE AUGUST 8TH
Support our work by helping us raise $10,000 on August 8th through the CLLCTIVGIVE campaign. https://www.cllctivgive.com/organizations/the-william-j-watkins-sr-educational-institute
Histematics Summer 2025 is Underway!
Monday, July 7th was the first day of the 2025 Histematics Summer Program. Our middle and high school scholars showed up ready to learn. This summer participants are diving into such texts as 40 Million Dollar Slaves and The ABCs of Color to develop their understanding of Black History while improving their math and literacy [...]
2025 Summer Histematics Applications Now Open!
The William J. Watkins, Sr. Educational Institute in partnership with All This Math, LLC supported by a grant from the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund is pleased to announce the opening of the application process for the Histematics Summer Program. Develop math skills and learn Black History - Histematics Open to rising 6th to 12th [...]
Coming March 1st – 2025 Summer Histematics Program Applications!
Be on the lookout for the 2025 Summer Histematics Program application. In our one-of-a-kind 5-week summer program for students in grades 6-12 students use Afrocentric texts to develop math and language skills. You don't want your child to miss this opportunity!
Registration Closed – Spring 2024 Implementing a Culturally Responsive Practice Workshop
Registration for the Spring 2024 Implementing a Culturally Responsive Practice is now closed. Look out for our fall session coming in October.
2021-2022 Kamau Imani Parker Morrison Teacher Scholarship Winners!
The William J. Watkins, Sr. Educational Institute is pleased to announce its winners for the 2021-22 Kamau Imani Parker Morrison Teaching Scholarship. This year's pool had two applicants with very deserving qualifications so the committee decided to award the scholarship to both recipients, Alicia Hewlett and Paiton Moloy. Alicia Hewlett is completing her training at [...]
Re-envisioning The “Middle Passage” Resources
Middle Passage Resources […]
2019 – 2020 Kamau Imani Parker-Morrison Teaching Scholarship Winner!
Congratulations to Kayla Fointno, the winner of the inaugural award of the Kamau Imani Parker-Morrison Scholarship competition. Kayla is a senior at North Carolina A&T State University. Kayla will be graduating in December of 2019. She has a 3.52 GPA and is on the Dean's List. Kayla refers to a teacher she had in [...]
Challenges of Teaching African American History in US Public Schools: Reflections on 30 Years of Teaching
This post is based on a roundtable discussion I participated in at the 2015 African Heritage Studies Association Conference in New York City, NY. My oldest son, Akil Parker, was also a member of that panel speaking on his experience as a math teacher. Introduction This paper is a reflection on my more than 30 [...]
“Cultivating” Culturally Responsive Teachers at Southwest Academy
Through a generous donation to The William J. Watkins, Sr. Educational Institute, Inc. we have partnered with Southwest Academy Middle School in Baltimore County to provide seven teachers with our year long "Cultivating a Culturally Responsive Practice" teacher training. Our philosophy that the most important relationship as regards student success is that between the teacher [...]