student support
COVID-19 School Closures Shine a Light on the Disparities That Exist for First-Gen and Low-Income Students
With the imminent threat of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), colleges across the country shut their doors to over 100,000 students. Many students returned home, but many students—mostly first-generation and...
COVID-19
This Family Lets Kids Take the Lead in Designing Their Education
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Chicago Unheard. In this time when millions of families have suddenly been thrust into unplanned homeschooling, Chicago Unheard is reaching out to...
student support
This School Year Will Not Be Measured by a Test Score
As the calendar turns to April, I typically end up asking myself the same question every school year—“will they remember?” In my case, that question is a result of transitioning instruction to...
Diversity
How ‘Social Distancing’ Is Changing the Way We View Schools
Paradoxically enough, as Washington, D.C., has slid from mass school closures into social distancing and working from home toward increasingly likely shelter-in-place, my neighborhood is erupting...
student support
Millions of Low-Income Students Are Being Denied Access to Internet
Access to public education is now a fundamental right. All 50 states mandate public education in their state constitutions. Once states made public education compulsory, they became responsible under...
equity
Now Is the Perfect Time for White Teachers to Do 'The Work' of Anti-Racism
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted, well, everything, but at times I find that I have more time to communicate, virtually if necessary, with family and friends, even over fraught topics. Example:...