David
Knight


David Knight teaches at Boston Arts Academy, a public school for the visual and performing arts. Previously, he taught middle and high school humanities in Boston and San Francisco and also has experience in youth development. A graduate of Dartmouth, Stanford and Harvard, David writes on issues related to race, adolescent development and teaching for social justice.

Articles by David

“What’s ‘Colorism’?”

How would your students answer this question?

Teaching Courage in a Postmodern World

Students need historic context to connect activism of the past to social issues in the present.