Stories

Math

10 Innovative Women Math Educators You Should Know

Through the Radical Math Talk podcast, I’ve had the privilege of interviewing some of the most innovative and brightest women in the math education space. In a field where 72% of K-12 math teachers...

4 Ways We Can Support Muslim Students During Ramadan and Year-Round

When I attended Overbrook High School, a neighborhood public school in west Philadelphia, in the 80s, it felt like there were few Muslims there and I was related to all of them. With my maternal...

My Students Overturned a Book Ban, You Can Too

When my students Edha and Christina heard about the vote to ban and restrict access to over 400-plus diverse books and resources in my district, they said, “Mr. Hodge, what are you going to do about...

Who Gets to Decide What Students Read?

There is a lot of pretending going on. On the one hand, we have the far right pretending they don’t know what’s happening in schools and they don’t like it. On the other hand, we have more...

The Case for a New School Finance Reform Agenda

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER), the $190 billion fund established to help schools respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, has put school funding back in the national...

Charter Schools

Charter Schools Helping to Close Harlem’s Achievement Gap

In a New York City school district where a majority of children attend charter schools, those schools serve a larger share of disadvantaged kids and are closing academic achievement gaps. According...