School Discipline
The Office for Civil Rights Needs to Listen to Teachers Like Me on School Discipline
As a school-based social worker for over eight years, I know firsthand how punitive discipline practices impact students both in the short and long term. In the short term, students are often harshly...
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...
student achievement
I Rewrote Joe Kennedy's Speech to Be About Education Because I Wish It Was
When Rep. Joe Kennedy III gave the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, he of course spoke to the same 320 million individuals that the president addressed. But...
Achievement Gap
School Discipline Doesn't Have to Be a Pipeline to Prison, It Can Be a Teachable Moment
A decade ago, I happened upon a story that shook me. In the midst of an emotional outburst, a 6-year-old kindergartener had been removed from her Florida classroom in handcuffs. The handcuffs, too...
School Funding
It's Weird, I Know, But Here's How Marijuana Money Is Helping Students
Marijuana legalization used to be a dicey subject, one that was considered impossible. But funny things happen once you show what a marijuana sales tax can do. The 2012 law passed by Colorado voters...
Parents
I'm 100% Here for a Parent's Bill of Rights
In the world of public education that has now turned into a political arena for unions, school boards, state capitols, and education reformers, parents often find themselves outside the ring with no...