Stories

School Choice

We Can’t Let Racists Co-opt School Choice

I’ve spent much of my adult life producing persuasive messages to convince you that school choice was a totally not racist force for social progress. I stand by most of it, with nuances. My argument...

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School Choice

Spread the Word About School Choice So All Families Know Their Options

In 2020, while many public school students learned virtually from home, my children—who had been homeschooled their entire life up to that point—were happily learning in a private school our family...

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School Choice

Missouri Just Gave Me Back My Power to Choose the Best School for My Children

As a single mother of four—three of them in school, and one in college—I’ve had to face my share of struggles. But some of the biggest struggles have come when my children ended up in...

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IEP

If You’ve Been Silent About Child Justice, We Need You Now More Than Ever

We have a problem. The global COVID-19 pandemic has not only created a storm of challenges in policy and practice for public education; it also has fomented political and racial divisions in parent...

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student achievement

I Believe in Public Schools, But They Just Weren't Working for My Son

“The wolf took one last look at his mother and father…” My son is reading aloud in the other room. I hear his little voice recounting the story of a wolf who became the first wild wolf in California...

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School Choice

How School Districts, Funding Policy, and Housing Affordability Add Up to Inequitable Systems

What sits at the intersection of school district boundaries, school funding policy, and housing affordability? Inequity for students and families. Lack of affordable rental housing effectively prices...

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