Poverty
Why We've Got to Talk About Race If We Want to Achieve Education Equity
Our inability as a nation to engage in difficult conversations about race has left us with a lack of agreement on how to define equity. Yes, equity is about closing achievement gaps between White...
opportunity gap
Real Educational Equity Isn't Going to Just Happen in Schools
Those of us in the education and learning fields are focused on developing ways to reduce the persistent educational inequities that harm low-income students. Unfortunately, meaningful progress...
School Choice
I Just Traveled the Entire Country and Found One Thing We Teachers Can Agree On
A few weeks ago, I visited the classroom of Stefan Lawrence, a high school English teacher at Carver High School in Columbus, Georgia. Although I only had the privilege of sitting in his class for a...
Special Education
Thank You to All the Teachers Who Know That We Can't Have Equity Without Love
I come from nothing. I was reminded of this at a tense board meeting in which a member from the community, upset with my opinion on something, shouted out, “Mr. Wright, I remember your interview. You...
School Funding
These Teachers of the Year Stand Up in Support of Teachers Fighting for a Living Wage
A tide is sweeping across the nation. We are witnessing a new wave of teacher activism unfolding, state by state. West Virginia teachers were the first to stand, demanding better wages. Prior to the...
Diversity
Why Are White People So Afraid of Immigrant Kids?
Not long ago I was in Wilmington, Delaware— reporting another story—and I visited Academia Antonia Alonso, a two-way dual immersion charter school where over half the students are English-language...