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Teachers across the country are anxiously awaiting the start of the school year and, although they are not technically “back on contract,” many have been s

When national politicians and lobbyists argue we should spend more money on K-12 education, they’re almost always talking about increasing allocations for

The day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison for killing George Floyd, writer Melinda D. Anderson tw

For America’s teenagers, the void of the 2019-2021 school years runs deep. High schoolers missed out on time with friends, prom, graduation, athletics, and

We are halfway through summer and the 2021-22 school year is only a few weeks away in some communities. After countless disruptions caused by the pandemic,

As the rhetoric around coronavirus grows more partisan, it is easy to assume the worst about everything. That is just what I typically do. I haven’t come i

This past year, I came the closest I ever have to ending my teaching career — midyear. Between August and December, my second graders and I had four differ

How many teachers in your K-12 experience do you feel truly impacted you? It’s a Saturday afternoon in early June, and urban education expert Kwame Simmons

For many teachers around the world, re-engaging students after multiple school closures and lockdowns is set to be something of an uphill battle. While som