equity
Trust Me, You Do Not Want Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Education Committee
From insurrection to impeachment to inauguration—January has been quite a month for current events! And maybe you thought you could safely tune out of politics—at least a little—after the...
School Choice
Families Need Student-Centered Learning Environments That Work
Ask just about any parent, and they have stories about the rude awakening they received last year when schools shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. From difficulties with internet access to...
Charter Schools
I Chose a Cyber Charter School for My Daughter and Our Relationship's Never Been Better
Five years ago, school was just not working for my oldest daughter, Kelly, who has ADHD and anxiety and was struggling as a student. We had tried public school and private school but nothing seemed...
COVID-19
When There Is Choice, All Students Win
For nearly two decades, I have enjoyed teaching micro and macroeconomics and coaching the economics team at a public high school. I feel immensely gratified by my work and by my students’ successes,...
IEP
I’m Glad To Be Back in the Classroom. My Students Need Me.
November 12th was our first day of school in-person since March of last year. On my drive to school, I was excited and grateful—thinking about my students who (unlike most teachers in the country) I...
Literacy
AOC Is Tutoring a First Grader
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is highlighting an old, but never out of fashion, kind of public service: Tutoring kids. The second-term congresswoman tweeted that she has been matched with a...