Achievement Gap
Nice to See the Right and the Left Agree on Something, Too Bad They're Both Wrong
Two former U.S. secretaries of education, Margaret Spellings, who served under President George W. Bush, and Arne Duncan, who served under President Barack Obama, think the movement to improve public...
Politics
Congratulations, Graduates! We Don’t Care About You at All.
Hello, class of 2018! Welcome to the last day of your K-12 education and the launch of your adult lives. I know that today is customarily a celebration of all you’ve accomplished. But these are not...
Student Voice
One of My Most Conservative Students Shares What It’s Like to Be in My Class
My learning this year has been greatly assisted by a number of students willing to be honest with me. One of them, Alec, is the kind of kid teachers love to have. He will take a random idea or...
Charter Schools
Coffee Break: Yamuna Menon on Connecticut Choice and Cinnabon Coffee
It’s been a four-year dry spell for charter schools in Connecticut. Yamuna Menon is working to put an end to that. As Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut State Director, she’s leading a...
Charter Schools
All This Integration Talk Is Distracting Us From Giving Black Families Better Schools
Last week the Journey for Justice Alliance released a report called “Failing Brown v. Board.” The report is a direct attack on public charter schools and “school choice,” arguing that they perpetuate...
activism
Want Safer Schools? Listen to the Wave of Student Voices.
In recent months, hundreds of thousands of students from across the United States made it clear that they are a force to be reckoned with. They didn’t just throw a pebble into a pond and hope that...