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In a press release issued Wednesday, September 21, the UNCF joins more than 160 education and community leaders in asking the NAACP to reconsider a propose

As a high school English teacher, I was faced with a fundamental problem: Many of my kids weren’t actually reading the class material. Reading the assigned

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/7CVyQY7MUMc?rel=0[/embed] A big congratulations is in order for the city of Somerville, Massachusetts who recently lea

The dominant theme of Richard Whitmire’s book The Founders is that the top quintile of public charter school operators are remarkably open to collaboration

People loosely use the term “good schools and diversity” without looking into it or researching what that means. When you get below the surface, it means a

I have a confession to make, and I suspect I’m not alone among educators and education policy types in harboring this sentiment. I detest conferences. Ther

Whenever people ask me what I miss most about my classroom days, I often struggle between two specific memories: my days as a National Council of La Raza (

Richard Whitmire’s new book, “The Founders,” offers a virtual tour through the moves, machinations and mindsets that led to the growth of a particular flav

Dear Hillary Clinton: Now that it looks like you really might be our next president, a lot of people who work in public education are giving you advice. [p