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...
Math
Bloomberg Invested in a Ton of NYC Schools This Summer. Here's What It Did.
Despite a late announcement of the opportunity, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported summer school in 93% of New York City’s charter schools serving students in K-8. In July and August, Bloomberg...
Literacy
How Louisiana Created a More Equitable Reading Test
Imagine you are a high school student taking a U.S. history class. You spend the year studying the American Revolution, Civil War, and Great Depression. You show up for the final exam feeling...
