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Charter Schools

We Have an Education Crisis On Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

The recent announcement by the US Department of Education to propose radical changes to the process by which charter schools must follow to open new schools is a dismal reminder of our education...

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Math

American Students Have a Math Problem We Already Know How to Solve

When brand-new kindergartners arrive at any Uncommon elementary school, one of the first chants they learn is, “I love math and math loves me! It’s as easy as 1,2,3! Just watch and you will see!”...

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anti-racism

This Eighth Grader Led Her School to Build an Anti-Racist Library

When Kinadee Jordan thinks, you can almost see her mental gears spinning. Clad in a “Boyz in the Hood” hoodie, the eighth-grader crafts her thoughts on Langston Hughes’ poem “I look at the world.”...

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COVID-19

Kanye's 'jeen-yuhs' Shows Why We Need to Nurture the Dreams of Our Black Students

As a disclaimer, this piece does not serve as an endorsement of Kanye West’s “Slavery was a Choice” stance or his friendship with Donald Trump—or even his failed presidential campaign. We can say...

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Charter Schools

Communities Are Demanding Excellent Educational Opportunities. It's Time We Do Something Different.

In this moment, shaped by both the global pandemic and enduring racial inequities, excellent educational opportunities that communities are rightly demanding have never been more important. And NACSA...

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Teaching

Black History Must Include the Heroic Black Soldiers of WW II

“Pop-Pop, did Black soldiers like you actually fight in World War II?” My grandfather, a WWII U.S Army combat veteran, lifted his shirt to reveal the scar left by the shrapnel that destroyed one of...

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