We’ve seen it happen too many times to count. Every two to three years, state and district education chiefs across the country step down and, with no succession plan in place, a mad scramble ensues,...
I talk a lot about how our students can change the world. And I mean it. Glance at the headlines any day this week, and I guarantee you’ll see examples of young activists spurring change. Our kids...
The latest Government Accountability Office analysis of school discipline policies has everyone talking about the disproportionate rates at which Black students are disciplined in school. It’s not...
Many people of privilege, myself included, have a hard time looking in the mirror and confronting their own racism. They will do anything to justify it. Case in point: conservative thinker Heather...
The day that I ended my career as a teacher, I woke up as a parent. I had taught for 15 years and I'd reached a career high, but still, I quit. The money was good, but it was no longer worth being a...