opportunity gap
For 2021, We Need Real Strategies to Dismantle Racism in Schools
As educators, we’re taught to begin with the end in mind. To be successful, we need to know our intended outcome so we can backward plan how we will get there. I know that many educators looked...
opportunity gap
Higher Education Is the New Poverty Pimp
I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while and here it is—higher education is the new poverty pimp in Black communities with student loans being the latest form of predatory lending....
Achievement Gap
Civil Rights Groups Insist on Testing: 'You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure.'
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, the clock is soon-to-be-Ex-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who has told states that she won’t issue waivers for standardized tests this...
Achievement Gap
Suburban Families Haven't Always Been Allies of School Choice, But That's Changing
Middle class, suburban families, once likely opponents of education choice, are now rallying behind the right to choose where to send their children to school. All it took was a pandemic that...
Achievement Gap
Former Sec. of Ed John King Calls on School Boards to Govern With Equity
While partisan politics has once again dominated the headlines this election season, the real stories lie with the thousands of newly-elected local officials across the country, including school...
Politics
I’m Empowering My Students to Lead Conversations About Race
In late September, I began my class with my usual prompt: Is there anything in the news you’d like to share? My students would generally talk about the presidential election or COVID-19, but today...
