Stories

Charter Schools

Illinois' Race for Governor Is a Competition on Who Can Be the Most Silent on Education

Here in Illinois our governor will either be a Democratic billionaire businessman philanthropist or a Republican multi-millionaire businessman philanthropist. Both have a long record of investing in...

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Politics

I Refuse to Bury Another Student

Yakez Semark was a bright, warm, charismatic 20-year-old whose life ended several weeks ago due to gun violence. He was also one of my first students. When one of his former classmates notified me...

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Diversity

I'm a DREAMer and I'm Just as American as Anyone Else

On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, most commonly known as DACA, was rescinded. I cannot overstate the impact this announcement has had on my family and...

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Achievement Gap

This New Mexico School Is Making History

New Mexico is in the middle of an educational revolution. I'm an eyewitness as a teacher at Mission Achievement and Success (MAS), the most successful Title 1 charter school in New Mexico serving a...

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Diversity

We Participated in #NationalWalkoutDay to Show How Gun Violence Affects Chicago Students

The clock strikes 9:50 a.m. as I sit in physics class. My teacher has given a momentum equation, but that is the least of my concerns. Tick...tock… The clock drags on and on leaving many of us...

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California

How We Can Transform Schools Into Sites of Racial Healing

Students across the nation have joined in solidarity to ignite a long overdue national conversation on gun reform and school safety. So far, they’ve successfully garnered widespread public support...

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