This 11-Year-Old Is Begging for a Good Education and a Safe Place to Learn. Something Needs to Change.

This 11-Year-Old Is Begging for a Good Education and a Safe Place to Learn. Something Needs to Change.

Since the release of the blistering Johns Hopkins report on the Providence Public Schools, the new state education commissioner, Angélica Infante Green, an

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If You're Still Wondering What Equity Means for Our Students, These 10 Edu-Tweeters Will Expand Your Thinking

If You’re Still Wondering What Equity Means for Our Students, These 10 Edu-Tweeters Will Expand Your Thinking

My professional life changed the day I discovered the power of a well-considered Twitter feed. No longer stuck in the bubble of my school or district, I wa

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These Award-Winning Teachers Say to Close the Detention Centers and Bring the Children to Our Classrooms

These Award-Winning Teachers Say to Close the Detention Centers and Bring the Children to Our Classrooms

This post is an open letter to the Trump administration, signed by 45 former State Teachers of the Year and the 1,840 members of Teachers Against Child Det

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Got a Co-Teacher? Here's How to Make That Relationship Thrive.

Got a Co-Teacher? Here’s How to Make That Relationship Thrive.

I liked my classroom space, and I liked it even more when I was the only instructor in the room. At least, that was how I felt as a first-year teacher. I d

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We’ve Never Seen a Public School System Work for All Kids, But We Have to Believe We Can Build One

The other day I watched the documentary True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality.  https://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1143251611801804800 Now if

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Black Folks Can Barely Access District Choices. That's Why I Fight for My Grandson's California Charter.

Black Folks Can Barely Access District Choices. That’s Why I Fight for My Grandson’s California Charter.

This Wednesday, the California Senate’s Education Committee will hold a public hearing on a bill that would make local school districts the primary authori

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A California Charter School Gave Me a Lifeline. Don't Take That Away From Other Students.

A California Charter School Gave Me a Lifeline. Don’t Take That Away From Other Students.

If charter schools had been an option when I was young, I believe my mom would have been wise to choose them for me, given all I went through in those year

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How a Dozen Immigrant Parents Organized to Transform Literacy in Their District

How a Dozen Immigrant Parents Organized to Transform Literacy in Their District

Parents’ love for their children is the single greatest—and most underutilized—natural resource in education. I learned this firsthand as a son. My parents

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Six Ways Parents Can Help Kids Learn Over the Summer Break

Six Ways Parents Can Help Kids Learn Over the Summer Break

Summer is not just a two-month countdown to sending the kids back to school. You only get 18 summers total with your “babies,” and half of those will be st

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