Good
school.For whom?
Rate, review and choose K–12 schools on criteria that account for our children — not on how close a school sits to Whiteness. Powered by The BlackPrint School Quality Index.
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Example only — not a real school or its ratings
“They love our kids here. I just need them pushed harder in math.”
— example review
Why we built it
We still gotta live here.
By compulsion, Afrikan students must navigate a system that wasn’t designed with them in mind — a constant conflict between our cultural identities and the educational structure. (Woodson, 1933; Asante, 2003)
Doing well in “they schools” = miseducation.
Success in Western schools usually means assimilating to a system that contradicts Afrikan values and erodes collective self‑determination — a miseducation that disconnects students from their cultural roots and from genuine production. (Wiggan, 2007; Garvey, 2016)
We have no criteria of our own.
We rely on their measures, which tell us little about how well we experience a space. Standardized measures of school quality do not even consider the unique needs and experiences of Afrikan students. (Choi, 2017; Asante, 2003)
Belonging or rigor — rarely both.
Schools that treat us well often don’t teach us well enough to access mainstream scholastic and economic opportunity. Schools that provide that access are usually predominantly Euro‑American and don’t treat us well. (Bazemore‑James & McKinney, 2018)
Good generally is not good for us.
Our people tend to confuse school quality with proximity to Whiteness, and to assume that what is supposedly good in general is good for us in particular. That assumption costs children years.
What the app does
Rate it. Say it.
Then change it.
A rating system and a focused social network for Afrikan families, students and everyone concerned about our education.
Rate schools
Score any K–12 school in the country on criteria that are important to us.
Review schools
Write it from your own perspective, for the families coming behind you.
Share experiences
Tell other families what actually happened, not what the brochure said.
Discuss education
Meaningful conversation about Education for Afrikan peoples, among ourselves.
Build community
Find like‑minded parents and families raising K–12 children near you.
Start campaigns
Push to improve a school, or find people to build the alternative with.
Raise money
Fund the goal you set — at school, district, state or national scope.
Get expert advice
Professional counsel from BP providers on navigating K–12 systems.
How we’re different
Same schools.
Different questions.
Every other rating site is answering a question we never asked.
Test scores and demographics
- Standardized proficiency, restated three ways
- Ignores identity and discrimination entirely
- Ignores disparate outcomes by race and ethnicity
- No analysis of instruction or pedagogy
- Tells you a school is good. Never for whom.
Whether it works for our children
- Culturally responsive instruction, interrogated directly
- High expectations for Afrikan children, specifically
- Belonging and treatment, as families actually experience it
- Rigor and real access to scholastic and economic opportunity
- Discipline and outcome disparities, in the open
Rated by Afrikan families, across every public and private K–12 school in the United States.
Be there day one
The first families in set the ratings everyone else reads.
We open October 1, 2026. Sign up and we will remind you the week before, and give you first look at your own child’s school.
You’re on the list.
Two optional questions so we launch in your area first.
See you at launch.
Send this page to one other family who needs it.