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Community charter schools earn their spot in public education
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Community charter schools earn their spot in public education

I learned years ago that only some schools are for everybody. I was a parent who hit a dead end, and the only school options in our zone weren’t a good fit for many reasons. And then, we found a small, orderly, clean, safe and fitting charter school with high standards for middle schoolers and...

March 8, 2023
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When School Reform is Not Enough
School Reform

When School Reform is Not Enough

In 2004, I graduated college and started teaching in New York City as a Teach For America (TFA) corps member. The experience challenged, changed, and inspired me.

March 6, 2023
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When Everything Ain’t Enough
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When Everything Ain’t Enough

Why are the most privileged parents the ones who feel the most aggrieved by everyone and everything?

February 21, 2023
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'Break My Soul' Is the Perfect Summer Anthem for Burnt Out Teachers
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'Break My Soul' Is the Perfect Summer Anthem for Burnt Out Teachers

Music, in general, just has this uncanny ability to transmit positive vibrations throughout our bodies. But I would take it a step further by saying that there are a handful of songs that are special because they accurately convey the feelings and emotions at the core of what so many people are...

June 22, 2022
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How Many More Dead Children and Teachers?
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How Many More Dead Children and Teachers?

As NBA coach Steve Kerr loudly pleaded a couple of weeks back during his press conference, when are we going to do something about this? At what point will our senators in Washington D.C. put their political differences aside and truly make a conscious bipartisan effort to combat the issue of gun...

June 22, 2022
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Don't Stop With Baby Formula and Meat, Joe. End All Monopolies That Harm Children.
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Don't Stop With Baby Formula and Meat, Joe. End All Monopolies That Harm Children.

Recently President Joe Biden made a blistering indictment of the meat industry. The president accused the industry of being a monopoly. Biden boasted about how much he and members of his administration have done to incorporate smaller meat companies into the conversation, making the meat industry...

May 16, 2022
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3 Ways Schools Marginalize Asian Students
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3 Ways Schools Marginalize Asian Students

A spotlight has been shined on the treatment of Asian Americans for the worst possible reason. Hate crimes against Asians have risen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Some people have attributed this to the coronavirus rhetoric. But unfortunately was more than rhetoric. A man, Robert Aaron Long,...

May 16, 2022
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Dr. Bettina Love on Building the Black Educator Pipeline
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Abolitionist Teaching and Education Reparations (ft. Dr. Bettina Love)

Jun 8, 2023
Heather Harding, Ed.D on the Freedom Friday Podcast
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#FreedomFriday: Defending Education From Extremist Attacks (Ft. Heather Harding)

May 26, 2023
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Anti-Racist Education: The N-Word is Not a Word for School

Jun 7, 2023
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ACTION: Help Your Child Become A Math Master

Feb 8, 2023

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When high school students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, were allegedly told they couldn’t discuss slavery and civil rights during a Black History Month program because it made an administrator uncomfortable, they voted with their feet. Literally. 

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Dr. Bettina Love on Building the Black Educator Pipeline
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Abolitionist Teaching and Education Reparations (ft. Dr. Bettina Love)

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Heather Harding, Ed.D on the Freedom Friday Podcast
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#FreedomFriday: Defending Education From Extremist Attacks (Ft. Heather Harding)

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