Charter Schools
White Progressives Have a Lot of Work to Do, and I’m Not Here to Help
When I ran for school board it was the former Minneapolis mayor who was the first elected official to endorse me. She asked me a lot of questions, offered some straight talk about the political...
student achievement
Pandemic or Not, Students Need Great Content Paired With Strong Teaching
When teachers welcomed their students on the first day of school last September, they never imagined ending the year on Zoom. Now, as the new school year looms, they’ll have to continue to contend...
School Funding
Award-Winning Teachers Demand 4 Anti-Racist Policies to Ensure Schools Are a Place of Liberation
As educators, and also as community members, parents, and learners, the undersigned 2018 Teachers of the Year, rise in solidarity with Black Lives Matter against racism and hate. We mourn with our...
student achievement
City Year Offers Schools a Research-Backed Guide to Plan for Next Year
When our students return to school this fall, it won’t be “business as usual” for them—or for any of us. Student success—particularly during this disruptive moment in schooling—requires not only...
Achievement Gap
Let's Focus on Our Students' Health and Humanity, Not on 'Getting Back to Normal'
Jessica N. Ewalt, Ph.D., is an educator in the Gwinnett County Public School system. Her research focuses on the implications of critical race theory in high school social studies classrooms. Matthew...
bias
Black Girls Need Police-Free Schools
We are at a precipice. Advocates and school leaders in nearly 100 districts all over the country have called for the removal of police in schools as a means to disrupt the ever-expanding...