Stories

National Test Data Hammers Home How Badly Adults Have Failed Kids

The COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to America’s students, and new test results put a spotlight on a stark learning loss problem. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) looked at...

Math

Thanks to a Great Teacher, This Young Valedictorian Found His Math Identity. Now He's Paying It Forward.

Reginald "Reggie" King graduated from Lindblom College Preparatory in May, with a passion for math education and a plan to invest in the future of academic success. Attending Xavier University in...

The Back to School Lists Hide What Really Matters

I have always struggled with back-to-school anxiety. From my earliest memories of elementary school to my days teaching middle and high school math, I have always been stressed to the point of...

CRT

Why the Haitian Revolution Isn't Taught in Schools Has Everything to Do With CRT Bans

[Editor’s note: The following essay is adapted from Dr. Horne’s essay, “Torchbearers of Democracy,” which first appeared in his Substack newsletter, In Case of Emergency. I recently had a wonderful...

Math

How My 4-Year-Old Just Broke Down Combining Triangles to Form Polygons

In his four years of existence, my son Thaddeus has developed a knack for building and connecting things. If he gets a bag of jumbo Legos, he will create an entire jungle filled with imaginary...

Teaching

Here's How We Can Fix the Teacher Shortage and Raise Teacher Quality

The American teacher shortage is headlining news stories and infiltrating social media, although there’s little consensus on whether this shortage is new or if it even exists. My Twitter feed is...