Charter Schools
Education Needs A Radical Middle
Culture wars from the fringes, preaching to their loudest bases, who do not reflect the opinions of the majority of American voters, are co-opting our TV screens and social media feeds. In one...
Gen Z Chief Devon Parfait Fights to Save His People’s Land
Chief Devon Parfait’s earliest memories revolve around the Louisiana bayous of Terrebonne Parish, where his people, the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, have lived for nearly...
anti-racism
Children Paying the Price for Culture Wars and Witch Hunts in Public Education
Personal attacks on educators and others working in public education by political extremists have become all too common in recent years — and our children are paying the price. Our children are being...
equity
Rocketship Grows Educators Who Love Their Students Like My Granny Loved Me
I firmly believe that my granny saved my life. After being homeless and jumping from shelter to shelter for a period of time in my preteen years, my granny took in my siblings and me while my mother...
Charter Schools
Can a Community Charter Go National? Arizona Autism Charter School Says Yes
“It’s very easy for a child on the spectrum, even one with the mildest case of autism, to get lost and overwhelmed in the mainstream public school system,” says Kerrie Mallory-Thompson. That’s why,...
Literacy
Ohio Gov Pushes for Science of Reading as Only Approach
Ohio could soon join the rush of states requiring schools to use the “science of reading” in all its classrooms by fall 2024 — going even further than many states by banning other literacy approaches...
