Student Voice
A Second Listen to Student Voice
Common Core author David Coleman shocked a crowd of educators in 2011 when he declared, “...as you grow up in this world, you realize people really don’t give a sh** about what you feel or what you...
Achievement Gap
Time to Recognize That the Black Education Movement Is Growing and Isn’t Going Anywhere
Here’s the scene. There’s a movement of Black education advocates afoot. It’s built on the shoulders of the Black-led movements that preceded it, and it’s guided by the wisdom of education reform...
Parents
Explaining Social-Emotional Learning to Families Can Be Tough. Here's Three Things You Should Know.
Eighty-two percent of Americans think it’s very important for schools to help students develop interpersonal skills like cooperation, respect and persistence. Despite this, schools have historically...
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...
Diversity
We Need to Stop Pulling Black Girls Out of Schools for Dress Code Violations
Dress code enforcement is as American as apple pie. Most of us have had some experience with dress codes, either in school or the workplace. And like all other things American, dress codes often...
Politics
Congratulations, Graduates! We Don’t Care About You at All.
Hello, class of 2018! Welcome to the last day of your K-12 education and the launch of your adult lives. I know that today is customarily a celebration of all you’ve accomplished. But these are not...
