Every child deserves an excellent education—every child. That’s a principle, presumably, no one would argue with, and I’ve spent my entire career working toward it. Yet, critiques of culturally...
We’re back in a new school year, and I’m struck by how let down Black and brown students and communities have been in recent years. Let me explain. Promises were made to Black and brown children...
"You know very well who you are Don’t let ‘em hold you down Reach for the stars" —Notorious BIG When I first decided to become a teacher, I was a junior at Rutgers University. I remember realizing...
Fact: MAGA Republicans want to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). It’s one of the few items on the to-do list of Trump’s Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (AKA “Agenda...