Stories

The Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Students With Disabilities–Shouldn’t All Students Enjoy the Same Rights?

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in a rare unanimous vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a deaf Michigan student who sued his school system for providing him with an inadequate education. This...

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We Need Partnership Between Black and White Women Educators

The education system has the tentacles of systemic racism, inequity and bias embedded in its foundation. To counter this, we need to work together. A former colleague and I discussed ways Black and...

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Charter Schools

Meet a Radically Inclusive St. Louis Community Charter: City Garden Montessori

At City Garden Montessori in St. Louis, Missouri, community comes first. First launched in 1995 as an affordable, private preschool in a church basement, City Garden became a community charter school...

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The Women Educators Who Have Shaped My Teaching Career: Sara Demoiny

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,...

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Black Excellence Breeds Unrecognized Jealousy Among White Women 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...

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Educational Research’s ‘Original Sin’

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...

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