Stories

anti-racism

Fix What’s Broken: Affirmative Action in Higher Education

You broke it; you fix it. That was the straightforward message from Academy Award-winning director Taika Waititi at The Hollywood Reporter’s Raising Our Voices luncheon regarding diversity in...

Special Education

The (Ableist) Elephant in the Room: New Report Finds Charter Schools Fail Students With Disabilities

We’re calling out charter schools and charter advocates who espouse a commitment to equity for all marginalized students but who, in practice, appear comfortable failing students with disabilities....

Teaching

Black Educators: When They Tell You to Tone Down, Turn Up.

“Too stern.” “Too loud.” “Too sassy.” “Too aggressive.” “Too blunt.” These are phrases that I was called throughout my career by white colleagues. A few years ago, I shared how a principal responded...

equity

Use Competency- Based Learning to Promote Student Equity

The telltale signs of a student who was up late at night working a part-time job are impossible to miss: shuffling down the hallway as they head to their first class, sporting bed-head hair and bags...

Does TikTok Make Kids Anti-Science?

The app TikTok is making headlines for many reasons. Few of them are good. In Montana, the app has been banned for national security reasons. Senators introduced a bill recently to limit young people...

equity

I Teach High School Math: How I Lead with Equity in Mind

As a 10th-grade math teacher, I’m getting a lot of questions about whether I’m feeling pessimistic amid so much bad news about student learning loss. The answer is a resounding no. It's true today’s...