Stories

We Can Prevent School Shootings Without Arming Teachers

My study of school shootings began in 1998 when I evaluated a 14-year-old boy who carried out a shooting in Paducah, Kentucky. He had been bullied for years at school and he struggled with...

Poverty

If You Can Find a Budget for Arming Teachers, Then You Can Find Money for Teacher Training

This is not an article about how to stop gun violence in schools. Like most of America, my perspective has been forever changed by the horrific events at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The...

Poverty

Money Isn’t the Solution to All of Our Problems But the Funding Inequities That Exist in Urban Schools Is Criminal

Every day I drove to hospice, I stared at the painful reminders of school inequities. In the week that led up to losing my grandmother, I drove through Chicago to a nearby affluent suburb. I was in...

Achievement Gap

Equality in Education Isn’t Enough. I Want to Talk About Equity.

Here in the United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave, we believe in equality. For education, that means if all students are expected to reach the same performance standards...

Achievement Gap

The Possibilities for Our Black and Brown Students Are Unlimited. We Just Need to Change Our Approach.

I grew up in Chicago, attending all-Black public schools. My parents and most of the adults in my extended family were educators. My dad grew up in Atlanta and attended grade school with a young...

School Choice

Finding the Right School for Your Kid Shouldn't Be a Privilege

This is National School Choice Week, coming at a time when the concept of choice has become one of the most polarizing in our educational discourse. This conflict is something I feel intensely in my...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

We Can Prevent School Shootings Without Arming Teachers

If You Can Find a Budget for Arming Teachers, Then You Can Find Money for Teacher Training

Money Isn’t the Solution to All of Our Problems But the Funding Inequities That Exist in Urban Schools Is Criminal

Equality in Education Isn’t Enough. I Want to Talk About Equity.

The Possibilities for Our Black and Brown Students Are Unlimited. We Just Need to Change Our Approach.

Finding the Right School for Your Kid Shouldn't Be a Privilege