One of the hardest things I’ve had to do was to hit the submit button on my application to Spelman because that means leaving home. My mom raised my older sister, younger brother and me by herself....
If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on in the case of the opt-out moms versus the state of Florida, it’s that Michelle Rhea’s daughter can read just fine. Last year, Florida education...
This post is part of a series of posts celebrating students who are making it to and through college with the support of the KIPP charter school network’s Through College program. Being a college...
There’s a tutoring epidemic. It goes beyond four-year-olds prepping to ace gifted and talented screenings, and teens cramming for the Specialized High School Admissions Test. Those exams are for...
Politics is at the heart of so much that is wrong with public education. On the left, education politics is often about increasing funding while evading responsibility for results. On the right, it’s...