Stories

My Son Taught His Own Damn Self … And Got Into College!

“Do you know what you’ll be if you do this?” my husband raged at our then-16-year-old son, “You’ll be just another Black man without a high-school diploma. Why are you acting like a rich, white kid?...

Remake's Joyful, Innovative Approach to Learning Is What Families Need Right Now

Crystal Jewell’s 11-year-old has salsa on the mind. “My daughter has been taking a photo each week of our salsa garden growing to log its progress,” she said of the new hobby her daughter picked up...

LGBTQ

This LGBTQ+ Affirming High School in Alabama Just Graduated Its First Class

Editor’s note: to protect students’ and families’ privacy, we have chosen to refer to students and their families by first name only. Last Friday evening, in Birmingham, Alabama, parents, guardians...

guns

Want Justice For Uvalde? It'll Only Happen If You Can Outspend Lobbyists.

Nineteen second, third, and fourth graders and at least two teachers are dead (as of this writing) after a gunman entered yet another school with another automatic weapon designed to do only one...

Literacy

Science of Literacy and Dual Language Advocates Can Work Together, But It’s Harder Than You Think

Early this year, the Illinois Right to Read Act looked like a no-brainer. As originally written, the bill pushed teacher colleges, districts and schools to pay greater attention to phonics and...

Social Emotional Learning

Parents Aren’t Falling for the Partisan Outrage About SEL in Schools

Do you want kids to develop the self-discipline to succeed academically? Want them to build communication and kindness skills to work together with their peers? Then you want social-emotional...