Rob Samuelson

Defending DACA Unifies Education Advocates From Opposite Sides of the Debate

President Donald Trump chose to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a protection put in place by former President Barack Obama for undocumented immigrants who arrived in...

Teaching

4 Things Every Teacher Needs to Know Before Going Back to School

Back-to-school time is a hectic and often stressful part of everyone’s year. Students, parents and teachers alike are bombarded with lists of what and what not to do, what kind of supplies they need...

Charter Schools

These Guys Aren't Just Talking About It, They're Recruiting and Keeping Male Educators of Color in the Classroom

Quick: Name all of the male educators of color you had growing up. Having trouble coming up with any? You’re not alone. Only 2 percent of teachers in the United States are Black men. Hispanic men...

anti-racism

Remembering Anna Julia Cooper on Her Birthday

On this day in 1858, Anna Julia Cooper entered the world in North Carolina. Few people transform a country for the better, let alone when they have the cards stacked against them the way she did as a...

Charter Schools

9 Things Every Kid Needs to Know Before Going Back to School

Back-to-school time is a hectic and often stressful part of everyone’s year. Students, parents and teachers alike are bombarded with lists of what and what not to do, what kind of supplies they need...

public schools

Rapper Vic Mensa Gets Real About Being Branded 'Black' and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Vic Mensa wants to be the voice of Chicago. That means speaking out against gun violence, the drug trade and other issues that have found the 24-year-old rapper’s hometown in national headlines. One...