Stories

Eighth-Graders Are Doing Fifth-Grade Work. No Wonder Our Kids Aren't Ready for College.

I just read a report that, as a father, makes me question my own kid's school. I mean, if these problems are happening in so many classrooms, what are the chances they’re happening in my son’s...

Achievement Gap

It Doesn't Take a Miracle to Educate Kids of Color

Outrage: We’re Wasting Time Last week I went to my first Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. I came home empowered, inspired, and motivated. But also, somewhat...

Teaching

Chrissy Teigen Inspires 'Say My Name Right' Challenge in Schools

This week, the Twitterverse exploded when Chrissy Teigen—supermodel, social justice activist, wife to the first Black male EGOT winner, John Legend, and Twitter bad-ass— confessed, that for the last...

Mental Health

Even When Teachers Don't Feel Safe, They Don't Support Guns in the Classroom

Hear us teachers loud and clear: We do not want to be armed, and we do not want to work in prison-like school buildings. We became teachers to help students flourish and grow, and arming us erodes...

School Funding

Poor Kids Deserve Kickass Schools with Kickass Teachers, Too

As the Illinois Teacher of the Year, I meet fellow educators at events all the time. We exchange funny anecdotes about education in our respective communities. We compare. We contrast. We laugh. We...

student achievement

We Need to Keep Talking About Serena Williams and the Dignity of Black Children

By now we’ve all seen the headlines after the most recent U.S. Open in which Serena Williams lost to Naomi Osaka. Yet the headlines weren’t about the match itself, they were about the courtside...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Eighth-Graders Are Doing Fifth-Grade Work. No Wonder Our Kids Aren't Ready for College.

It Doesn't Take a Miracle to Educate Kids of Color

Chrissy Teigen Inspires 'Say My Name Right' Challenge in Schools

Even When Teachers Don't Feel Safe, They Don't Support Guns in the Classroom

Poor Kids Deserve Kickass Schools with Kickass Teachers, Too

We Need to Keep Talking About Serena Williams and the Dignity of Black Children