Last year as he was preparing to open a new middle school in Rhode Island, Osvaldo Jose Martí worked as an administrator first at Blackstone Valley Prep’s
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Why I Feel Like ‘The Spook Who Sat by the Charter School Door’
I am the fly in the school reform buttermilk. An outsider, now marginally on the inside, trying to plot the revolution. Young, gifted and Black, I founded
Read MoreYou Can’t Just Trust Your Instincts, You Actually Have to Go Ask the Parents What They Think
“In God we trust. All other bring data.” —W. Edward Demming Right now, our school, Nashville Classical Charter School, is planning to open a middle schoo
Read MoreI Was Homeless and In and Out of School. Then I Got Into Ms. Russell’s Car.
I wasn’t supposed to be where I am today. People repeatedly told me, “You ain’t nothin’. You ain’t neva gon be nothin’.” I saw my first murder at age 11, a
Read MoreForget Your Nostalgia for White Picket Fences, Suburban Schools Need to Accept the New Reality
There’s a myth that persists in education for both parents and teachers: That heading to suburban schools somehow insulates you from hardship, instability
Read MoreOur Political Leaders Might Be Sleep But My Students Are Woke
Leaders within our new administration seem to be embracing a revisionist narrative of our country’s tortured history with race that is at best uninformed,
Read MoreThis Rural Town Shows the Real Costs of Our Broken School Funding System
These days, the small town of Sandoval, Illinois, is mostly known for being a few miles away from Patoka, where the famed Keystone XL pipeline ends after m
Read MoreCoffee Break: Tulsa’s Talia Shaull on Peruvian Coffee, Developing Talented Teachers and Embracing Innovation
Putting the best talent in front of students in every classroom is among the toughest and most important challenges in public education. Talia Shaull tackl
Read MoreI Told My Daughter She’d Better Not Become a Teacher Like Me
“Make sure you contribute to the TDA [Tax-Deferred Annuity]!,” I hear. “Teachers retire as millionaires!,” I hear. I listen faithfully and every paycheck a
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