When I arrived at Russell Byers Charter School in Philadelphia as a teaching fellow in 2008, Salome Thomas-EL, the principal at the time, assigned me to the classroom of one of his star teachers,...
One day I was scrolling, and I came across a TikTok video by @teachthemkindness. In this video, a white teacher shared her perspective about why, at times, there is tension between Black and white...
At my core, I’m fascinated by how people learn, create and communicate—I imagine you are, too. I’m instantly transported by the light in the eyes of a child when they decode their first word on their...
Before the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the country’s view of school data was blurry, if available at all. Twenty years later, the picture is much clearer, and both supporters and critics of the...
In a quiet neighborhood on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., a bright yellow house holds a new community charter school. While the two-story residence has been converted into a Montessori school,...
