COVID-19
Schools Will Spend Millions on Tutoring This Year — Here’s How to Do It Right
As the new school year kicks off, states and districts are launching tutoring programs using federal and state COVID-relief funding. A strong, consistent evidence base shows that rigorous tutoring...
Parents
Meet las Familias Latinas Por La Educación. These Families Won't Be Ignored.
Throughout my 20 year career in Houston, I have fought for Latino parents and caregivers to be considered equal members of their local school systems and to be included in the education...
Teaching
I Teach Literacy as a Tool for Liberation
When I was a twenty-nine-and-a-half-year-old middle school English teacher, I bought my first house. I was also single. Normally my singledom isn’t important but then it signaled my financial...
student achievement
Relationships Don't Come Before Rigor, They Go Hand in Hand
I’m a sixth grade teacher grappling with the reality of teaching kids who may not have darkened a school door in over a year. Many students haven’t been in an actual classroom since their elementary...
We're About to Learn the Extent of Civil Rights Violations During the Pandemic
The federal government is finally collecting better data on what schools did to protect the civil rights of students during the COVID-19 pandemic—or if they didn't. By updating the use of Civil...
COVID-19
Can We All Agree That Our Kids’ Health Must Come First?
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 spending days in their classrooms — cleaning,...
