Poverty
This STEM Learning Program Shows How We Can Give Every Child a Chance to Succeed
Shayla Toran is a third-grade student who thrives when presented with opportunities to discover how things work. Two years ago, she stepped into D.C.-based Eagle Academy Public Charter School’s...
Charter Schools
This School Year Let's Treat Our Teachers Like Celebrities
My father was a high school teacher for 30 years. My earliest memories are of him returning home in the evening after a long day in the classroom, planning lessons and grading papers late into the...
Parents
4 Things Every Parent Needs to Prepare Their Kids for School This Year
Summer is winding down across the country and many have already returned school, or the beginning of the school year is right around the corner. Every kid deserves the chance to start school on the...
student achievement
There's No Back to School for the Kids Who Get Shot and Killed
Outrage: They’re Dying More than 60 youth have been shot here in Chicago this year. At least 20 of those this summer and some of them won’t be returning to school this fall because they’re dead. Most...
student achievement
Coffee Break: How Arthur VanderVeen Is Lighting a Spark Under PARCC
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is a standardized test developed with federal funding to determine if students are meeting the Common Core State...
Poverty
How to Save Charter Schools From the Beatdown
There seems to be an organized assault on charter schools. Legal challenges, bureaucratic barriers and smear campaigns all work to destroy their reputation, deplete their finances and diminish their...