Maureen Kelleher

Maureen Kelleher is Editorial Director at Future Ed. She was formerly Editorial Partner at Ed Post and is a veteran education reporter, a former high school English teacher, and also the proud mom of an elementary student in Chicago Public Schools. Her work has been published across the education world, from Education Week to the Center for American Progress. Between 1998 and 2006 she was an associate editor at Catalyst Chicago, the go-to magazine covering Chicago’s public schools. There, her reporting won awards from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the International Reading Association and the Society for Professional Journalists.

Posts By Maureen Kelleher

In Purple Districts, Polarization Prevents Teaching Democratic Skills

In late November 2022, researchers from the University of California found evidence the culture wars have taken a heavy toll on schools. In a survey of over 600 principals across the country, more...

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LGBTQ

8 Things This Teacher-Mom Wants You to Know about Trans Kids

Since last summer, I have been speaking with a number of parents of trans children in elementary school. Some live in districts where it is still safe to speak openly about gender identity with young...

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CRT

New Arkansas Governor Stops CRT Before It Starts

On her first day in office, incoming Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders turned up the heat on the culture wars. She issued seven executive orders, one of which bans “critical race theory” (CRT)...

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Hope Chicago Boosts College Entrance for Hundreds of Middle-Achieving High School Grads

While college enrollment nationally has yet to recover from pandemic-related declines, Hope Chicago’s promise of debt-free education has already succeeded in helping hundreds of low-income, Black and...

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Real Talk from Teachers About Why Good Curriculum Doesn’t Get Taught

When we ask someone to do a job, we usually give them the tools to get it done. Not so in teaching, where more than half of U.S. teachers create learning materials on their own. Even as publishers...

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Introducing Across Colors

Welcome to Ed Post Insight. This week, we’re launching an eye-opening podcast, Across Colors, that will take you on a journey across the country to meet parents who are stepping up not just for their...

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