Diversity
How We Build a Pipeline of Teachers That Know How to Talk About Race and Social Justice
Nearly 60 years ago, our nation’s students watched as leaders of the civil rights movement pushed back against entrenched Jim Crow laws and re-defined American history. Some of our nation’s...
student achievement
5 Things Parents and Teachers Can Do to Teach Kids Critical Thinking Skills
There’s a growing premium on critical thinking. The skill of robust reasoning is increasingly crucial for work—and a successful life. People who know how to think logically, analyze and draw...
IEP
Why We Need to Stop Thinking About Students in Terms of Strengths and Weaknesses
My son is a freshman in high school and this felt like my first report card pick up all over again. While I have access to all his grades and consistent progress electronically, I was nervous to go...
Achievement Gap
Time to Recognize That the Black Education Movement Is Growing and Isn’t Going Anywhere
Here’s the scene. There’s a movement of Black education advocates afoot. It’s built on the shoulders of the Black-led movements that preceded it, and it’s guided by the wisdom of education reform...
student achievement
If We Want to Retain and Recruit Teachers, We Have to Walk It Like We Talk It
I have attended a lot of educator conferences this year. A common theme I heard over and over again is the challenge of teacher shortages. I decided to do my own research and looked into teacher...
Diversity
Those Teachers in Idaho Destroyed Any Trust Parents Had in Their Teachers
Will the parents of my Mexican students ever look at me the same after Halloween in Middleton, Idaho? On Friday, I had an awesome day at school. I was the guest teacher in a fifth-grade classroom...