About Autumn A. Arnett

Autumn A. Arnett is the executive director of the Brilliance, Excellence and Equity Project, a national nonprofit organization that works to achieve equity in gifted education through culturally responsive teacher training. She is the author of Let’s Stop Calling it an Achievement Gap and Radical Ideas for Educating Black Children, both available on Amazon.

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Tupac, Dear Mama, thegrio.com
May 4, 2023

What Tupac, ‘Dear Mama’ can teach us about gifted students and trauma-informed teaching

What is missing from "Dear Mama," the Tupac docu-series is the benefit of understanding youth and brain development.
August 31, 2022

Black brilliance is still being overlooked because white systems of education don’t want to change

Data show that Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be identified as gifted by teachers who look like…
Autumn A. Arnett with her children
October 21, 2021

My children and I are living the dream in Costa Rica — So why do I feel guilty?

Autumn A. Arnett shares her experience as a Black woman who chose to move her family out of the U.S.…
November 7, 2020

A Black woman is going to the White House and we’re about to act a fool

Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris is now a heartbeat away from the presidency -- but her election means so much more…