equity
MLK Taught Us We Can't Wait For The Perfect Allies
It’s that time of year. Get ready for the whitewashing and sanitary retellings of who MLK was and what his holiday should mean. Instead of spending another year starting and stopping at “I Have a...
School Choice
2025 Is a Year for Hard Truths and Bold Solutions in Education
Happy 2025! Longtime readers will know that CRPE prides itself on “thinking forward.” We make straight-out predictions from time to time, but we mostly look around the corner at looming trends,...
Charter Schools
So, How Did I Do? A Response to My 2024 Predictions on Education
Last February, I went out on a limb and made ten predictions about what we’d see this year regarding policy and practice. At the time, I said: “Unlike cable news pundits, who rarely hold themselves...
equity
The Real Cost of Equity Backlash in Schools Is Student Safety
With the arrival of the second Trump administration this January, a host of new dynamics and realities will emerge in education politics. The incoming president has made it known that he intends to...
Diversity
The Anti-DEI Crowd is Anti-Black Educator
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...
equity
Back To The Same Old Dusty, Rigid School System — So Families Are Opting Out
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...
