Stories

School Funding

Illinois Has Fixed Its School Funding Formula, But That Didn't Help My Student

Kylie, now an eighth-grader, came to our school in second grade. In her six years with us, she came to think of our school as a safe place where she had beloved friends and inspiring teachers. She...

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Teaching

How John Singleton's 'Boyz n the Hood' Changed the Way I Teach

I am not a movie person. I don’t go to the movies much and when I do, I often forget them rapidly. That’s not what happened back in 1991, when I saw John Singleton’s breakout debut film “Boyz n the...

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Teaching

I'm Celebrating Teachers But I'm Not Celebrating Their Unions

When I was a teenager, the greatest honor my dad bestowed was the chance to help him grade multiple-choice questions. Up in his bedroom on a Sunday afternoon, he’d sit at his desk preparing lesson...

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Charter Schools

This Charter Leader Shares Hard-Earned Lessons About Working With Teachers Unions

I read the new CRPE report, “An Unlikely Bargain: Why Charter School Teachers Unionize and What Happens When They Do” fresh off 10 months of negotiations with the union that has represented schools...

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activism

Teaching Our Students to Save the Planet May Be the Most Important Lesson We Can Teach

Miko Vergun, 17, lives in the Portland, Oregon suburb of Beaverton. She fears she may never be able to visit her native Marshall Islands in the remote Pacific Ocean before they disappear beneath the...

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Teaching

New EPA Proposal on Pollution Could Lead to More Students With Asthma Missing School

How could my students succeed if they were not able to come to class? It was a question I used to struggle with constantly. Prior to entering medical school, I worked as a middle school teacher in...

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