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I'm Frustrated by the Way Education Reformers Talk About Race and Social Justice

On January 25, I had the honor of sitting on one of two panels on “Race, Social Justice and Education Reform,” co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and the NewSchools Venture Fund. ( See...

Achievement Gap

Because I Was Successful at Everything Else I Thought I Would Be Good at Teaching, Too. I Was Wrong.

In October of my first year of teaching, my wife sent me a blog post written by Tom Rademacher, the 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. In it, he wrote, “There’s no better sign that things are going...

Achievement Gap

Another Reminder That We Can’t Hold Schools Accountable Without Giving Them Support

The buzz is building around a new radio documentary for our local NPR station in Chicago. The View from Room 205, produced by Linda Lutton for WBEZ, asks a big question, “What if we’re just plain...

Achievement Gap

Here's What I Learned After My Son Faced Implicit Racial Bias in Kindergarten

What is implicit racial bias? Implicit bias is the unconscious associations and assumptions made between groups of people which affect the routine classroom and administrative decisions that produce...

Achievement Gap

I Thought Private School Would Be an Escape From Racial Tracking in My Suburban District, But I Was Wrong

This is the fourth part of a four-part series on the writer’s experience and research on the achievement gap in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois, a diverse suburb north of Chicago and home to...

Achievement Gap

There's No Excuse for Schools Not to Tackle Teacher Racial Bias

This is the third part of a four-part series on the writer’s experience and research on the achievement gap in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois, a diverse suburb north of Chicago and home to...

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Stories

I'm Frustrated by the Way Education Reformers Talk About Race and Social Justice

Because I Was Successful at Everything Else I Thought I Would Be Good at Teaching, Too. I Was Wrong.

Another Reminder That We Can’t Hold Schools Accountable Without Giving Them Support

Here's What I Learned After My Son Faced Implicit Racial Bias in Kindergarten

I Thought Private School Would Be an Escape From Racial Tracking in My Suburban District, But I Was Wrong

There's No Excuse for Schools Not to Tackle Teacher Racial Bias

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