Public school parents want their children to learn about kindness, empathy and collaboration.

POLL: Public School Parents Want SEL in Schools, Divisive Parents Out

man holding AI sign.

ChatGPT: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Education

Students receiving instruction remotely.

The Promise and Peril of New Teaching Technologies

4 Ways We Can Support Muslim Students During Ramadan and Year-Round

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My Students Overturned a Book Ban, You Can Too

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Who Gets to Decide What Students Read?

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The Case for a New School Finance Reform Agenda

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Charter Schools Helping to Close Harlem’s Achievement Gap

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This Pi Day, Let’s Look at Geometry from All Angles

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Place-Based Learning Reveals Our Connections to Native History

On SEL Day, Focus on Building a More Perfect Union

HBCUs Produce Culturally Relevant Leaders for Black Charter Schools

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New Group Strives to Make Public Education ‘Available to All’

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Mental Health, Healing and Wholeness for Black Boys

Pandemic Devastation Demands More Student-Centered Learning Practices

Pandemic Devastation Demands More Student-Centered Learning Practices

Florida Watch: What Happened to Black History Month?

Teachers and Students Need Culturally Relevant Education

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Rethinking The Racial Achievement Gap

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Report: LIFO Policies Threaten Teacher-Diversity Gains

Students working in school.

The Most Underutilized Resource in Schools – Families

Hey Shawnta! How Do I Tell My Principal That I Don’t Want to Sponsor an After-School Activity?

Hey Shawnta! How Do I Tell My Principal That I Don’t Want to Sponsor an After-School Activity?

These Educators Teach Black History Way Outside the Box

Black History Must Include African Math History

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What Does Black History Mean to a Futuristic Black Girl?

Children practicing math at school.

Is There a ‘Science of Math’ Too?

Can an ‘International Competition’ Argument Still Work for Schools?

Hey Shawnta! Does Dyslexia Present Differently in Gifted or Multi-Exceptional Learners?

Hey Shawnta! Does Dyslexia Present Differently in Gifted or Multi-Exceptional Learners?

Education Accountability Can Learn from Health Care

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A New Educational Future Requires New Allies

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Teaching Black History Must Start at Home

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The Undeniable Connection between HBCUs and Black Charter Schools

Mentoring Ed-Leaders For Equity in Chicago

students receiving their cybersecurity certificates at an Ohio high school.

How One Ohio High School Is Building Pathways to Cybersecurity Careers

Bold Visions Needed to Solve Pandemic-related Education Setbacks

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Let’s Expand Schools’ Thinking about Student Success

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Nothing About Us Without Us

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Schools Want Engaged Parents in Theory but Ignore Their Reality

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Let’s Open A Marketplace of Schools

Americans must recommit to an education opportunity agenda

The left challenges trickle-down choice policies

Making Career Pathways As Detour-Free As Possible

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Four Ways to Sustain Coaching Programs after ESSER Money Disappears

Florida Watch: Districts Clearcut School and Classroom Libraries

Helping Middle Schools Climb the Math Wall

Deny DeSantis The Credit He’s Not Due

Denying Black Students Algebra Is Worse Than Florida’s AP African American Studies Snub

Black History Should Be a Requirement in Math Curriculums

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Why Career Pathways Are Essential for Preparing Students

In Purple Districts, Polarization Prevents Teaching Democratic Skills

Here’s What Teachers of Color Need From Their Principals

How To Set Your Brain on Fire (In a Good Way)

28 Essential Black History Books Educators Need to Read

28 Essential Black History Books Educators Need to Read

Hey Shawnta! How Can I Get My Children to Read More?

Hey Shawnta! How Can I Get My Children to Read More?

Schoolhouse Rock! Is Much More Than an Earworm for a Generation

Schoolhouse Rock! Is Much More Than an Earworm for a Generation

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We Can’t Let Racists Co-opt School Choice

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Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make Misery: A Case for SEL

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Students Eyeing Lawsuit against DeSantis for Banning AP African American Studies

Don’t Hate the Achievement Test, Hate the System

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8 Things This Teacher-Mom Wants You to Know about Trans Kids

Observing National School Choice Week

What’s the Big Deal about ChatGPT in Schools?

Hey Shawnta! Field Trips Went Away During the Pandemic. What Can I Do to Get Them Back at My Children’s School?

Hey Shawnta! Field Trips Went Away During the Pandemic. What Can I Do to Get Them Back at My Children’s School?

Help Wanted: We’re Raising Dishonest and Disrespectful Children

Are Instructors Teaching Math Or Reinforcing Schooling?

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Trans Kids (And Their Parents) Are Under Attack in America

adolescent boys in the classroom

America Has a Boy Problem. Public Schools Can Solve It.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Things Dr. King Said About Education That Might Surprise You

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New Arkansas Governor Stops CRT Before It Starts

play-based learning

Teachers, Instilling Life-Long Learning May Be As Simple As Child’s Play

Hey Shawnta! As an English teacher, what do I need to know about ChatGPT?

Hey Shawnta! As an English Teacher, What Do I Need to Know About ChatGPT?

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Is Your Child’s School Still Using Debunked Reading Theories?

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Bye Bye Birdie: What's Next for Ed-Twitter?

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Professor Fired for Showing Picture of Prophet Muhammad

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Educators, Watch for These Legislative Efforts in 2023

Laura Bollman

Q&A With Laura Bollman: Breaking Down Barriers to Literacy With Free Teacher Training

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Learning Should Not be Relevant or Rigorous, It Should be Both

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Standardized Tests Are Racist, So Are You

Brightbeam’s List of the Top 22 Education Influencers of 2022

Hey Shawnta! Should I Make My Child Do the Winter Break Packet?

Hey Shawnta! Should I Make My Child Do the Winter Break Packet?

Hey Shawnta! What Should Parents Do With the Information From Emily Hanford’s Podcast 'Sold a Story'?

Hey Shawnta! What Should Parents Do With the Information From Emily Hanford’s Podcast 'Sold a Story'?

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Don’t Use Khan Academy Alone

The Cruelty Is The Point: Why I’m Asserting My ‘Parental Rights’ to Protect Transgender Student Rights

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Hope Chicago Boosts College Entrance for Hundreds of Middle-Achieving High School Grads

teacher instructing students

As a White Teacher, I Must Develop Racial Competency

To Solve Minnesota Teacher Shortages, We Must Support New Teachers

Parents, Do You Want Your Child to Be Happy or Literate?

Hey Shawnta! How Can My School Get a Hallway Heroes Program?

Hey Shawnta! How Can My School Get a Hallway Heroes Program?

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New Hampshire’s Tutoring Deal Could Be a Big Waste of Money

Parents and Teachers Don't Have to Know Tennis--But Using a Serve-And-Return Game Can Support Children's Development

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Why Schools Aren’t Using The Best Methods to Teach Reading

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Teachers Are Students Too: Rethinking Professional Development is Key to Student Recovery

first-generation college students

How Northland Workforce Training Center Breaks Down Barriers to Career Success

Parents, Get The Truth About Your Child’s Academic Progress

Hey Shawnta! As a Former School Administrator, What Are Some Red Flags for Potential Teaching Candidates?

Hey Shawnta! As a Former School Administrator, What Are Some Red Flags for Potential Teaching Candidates?

The Pandemic Disrupted STEM Education, Science Centers and Museums Can Help Students Recover

The Pandemic Disrupted STEM Education, Science Centers and Museums Can Help Students Recover

Hey Shawnta! Why Do First-Gen Immigrant Students Score Higher Than Native-Born American Students on All Standardized Achievement Tests?

Black Excellence Must Come Home To Teach

students receiving instruction.

How alternative pathways build math confidence, even for non "math kids"

I Used To Rage At Teachers, But Now I’ve Found My Target

I Used To Rage At Teachers, But Now I’ve Found My Target

Woman speaking at a protest

ARE TODAY’S “CLASSROOM KARENS” JUST THE CURRENT VERSION OF JANE CROWS - WHITE WOMEN WHO SUPPORTED SCHOOL SEGREGATION?

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Here’s How I Taught Critical Race Theory To High School Freshmen

Hey Shawnta! How Can We Ensure Students Learn About Our Veterans?

Hey Shawnta! How Can We Ensure Students Learn About Our Veterans?

Tracking Tuesday’s Education-Related Races and Issues

How Schools Can Partner to Support Students’ Mental Health

The Wakanda Effect: Rethinking the New AP African American Studies Course

Our Failing Democracy Simply Reflects Our Schools' Limited Ability to Deliver on the Promise of Opportunity

Our Failing Democracy Simply Reflects Our Schools' Limited Ability to Deliver on the Promise of Opportunity

Hey Shawnta! My Son’s Teacher Keeps Kicking Him Out of Class. He Is Already Behind and Can’t Learn in the Hall. What Can I Do?

Hey Shawnta! My Son’s Teacher Keeps Kicking Him Out of Class. He Is Already Behind and Can’t Learn in the Hall. What Can I Do?

I'm Tired of School Leaders Condoning Bullies

A Call-in from a Native Educator Helped Me Change My Settler Colonial Behavior

Reading Instruction Is Not a Religion

There’s a Reading Miracle Happening Down in Mississippi

Hocus Pocus in the Public Schools: The Witch Trials Come to Texas Education

Three school-aged children with their arms around each other.

4 Action Steps to Creating Bully-Free Schools

Hey Shawnta! NAEP Scores Are a Disaster. How Do We Improve Students’ Academic Outcomes?

Hey Shawnta! NAEP Scores Are a Disaster. How Do We Improve Students’ Academic Outcomes?

Let's Not Go NAEPShit. Here's What You Need to Know.

The Ghost of Betsy DeVos Still Hangs over Title IX. Here's How the Feds Can Do Better To Protect Students From Sexual Harassment and Assault.

Here's How To Respect Newcomer Students As They Learn English

Hey Shawnta! I Hate My School, My Principal, and My Job. I Love the Students, but I Don’t Think I Can Make it Through This Year. What Should I Do?

Hey Shawnta! I Hate My School, My Principal, and My Job. I Love the Students, but I Don’t Think I Can Make It Through This Year. What Should I Do?

American Bully: The Making of a Bully

Emily Hanford's New Podcast Explains How Teachers Were Sold a Story. Now Let's Follow the Science, Not Our Biases

Give a Kid an Algorithm and They Learn for a Day; Teach Them How to Solve Problems and They Learn for a Lifetime

Wise Use of Time Creates Calmer, Kinder Schools

How and Why Teachers Should Weave History Into Math Lessons

Hey Shawnta! How Can I Ensure My Children’s School Incorporates Their Latino Heritage After Hispanic Heritage Month Ends?

Allison Shelley for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action

More than politics: New studies help explain why some schools reopened while others stayed virtual

If You Think SEL Matters in Schools, Now's a Good Time for Us All to Get on the Same Page

Hey Shawnta! How Do We Get Educators More Informed About the Benefits of Flexible Seating?

Hey Shawnta! How Do We Get Educators More Informed About the Benefits of Flexible Seating?

The World Is Driving Gen Z Crazy, and They're Ready to Fight Back

Hey Shawnta! My Children Fell Behind During the Pandemic and I Don't See Our School Helping Them Catch Up. I Don't Have Money for Private Tutoring. What Can I Do?

Hey Shawnta! My Children Fell Behind During the Pandemic and I Don't See Our School Helping Them Catch Up. I Don't Have Money for Private Tutoring. What Can I Do?

Why It’s Time to Talk About Equity and Excellence

In Chicago's Albany Park Neighborhood, an Investment in Childhood Thriving Starts to Pay Off

Abbott, We Back

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NYC Won’t Allow Yeshiva Students To Fail—But It’s OK For Public School Students?

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Make Math Playful and Your Students Will Succeed

Hey Shawnta! My Principal Started the Year by Showing us Student Data From Last Year. We Were Told to 'Do Better,' but Weren't Given Real Strategies. What Do I Do Now?

Hey Shawnta! My Principal Started the Year by Showing Us Student Data From Last Year. We Were Told to 'Do Better,' but Weren't Given Real Strategies. What Do I Do Now?

If We Don't Teach Culturally Affirming Books, We Might as Well Ban Them

CRT

I Will Not Remain Silent When Books Are Being Banned

Real Talk from Teachers About Why Good Curriculum Doesn’t Get Taught

The Fear That Drove Scores of White Families Out of Public Schools

Across Colors Ep. 2: Oh, It’s Both of Y’all!

Hey Shawnta! How Can I Connect With Parents When I Don't Speak Their Primary Language?

Hey Shawnta! How Can I Connect With Parents When I Don't Speak Their Primary Language?

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Don't Create Math Trauma by Shaming Students' Curiosity

Friday 5 9/9/22: Check Out Across Colors, Your New Favorite Education Podcast, and More For Your Weekend

Friday 5 9/9/22: Check Out Across Colors, Your New Favorite Education Podcast, and More For Your Weekend

Hey Shawnta! How Do I Build a Relationship With My Child’s Teacher When We Only Connect Through Remind?

Hey Shawnta! How Do I Build a Relationship With My Child’s Teacher When We Only Connect Through Remind?

Introducing Across Colors

How Privilege, Positionality and Power Can Radically Improve Your Relationships With Students

National Test Data Hammers Home How Badly Adults Have Failed Kids

Thanks to a Great Teacher, This Young Valedictorian Found His Math Identity. Now He's Paying It Forward.

The Back to School Lists Hide What Really Matters

Why the Haitian Revolution Isn't Taught in Schools Has Everything to Do With CRT Bans

How My 4-Year-Old Just Broke Down Combining Triangles to Form Polygons

Here's How We Can Fix the Teacher Shortage and Raise Teacher Quality

Here's How We Can Fix the Teacher Shortage and Raise Teacher Quality

Bloomberg Invested in a Ton of NYC Schools This Summer. Here's What It Did.

How Louisiana Created a More Equitable Reading Test

The Surprising State Where Kids Are Making a Reading Comeback

The Surprising State Where Kids Are Making a Reading Comeback

Criticizing Teachers Who Leave Will Not Fix the Teacher Shortage

Criticizing Teachers Who Leave Will Not Fix the Teacher Shortage

Here’s How Math Anxiety Is Passed from Teacher to Student, And How to Break the Cycle

Learning Students' Names Is the Most Important Thing Teachers Do the First Week of School

Q&A

Researcher Says: “Please, Please, Please–Invest in Tutoring.” Here’s How to Do It Right.

Parents Know SEL Is Key to Kids' Success. That's Why They Want It in Schools.

Betsy DeVos and Her 'Grassroots' Warriors Want To Defund Public Education

Betsy DeVos and Her 'Grassroots' Warriors Want To Defund Public Education

It’s Not Indoctrination to Help People Grow Through SEL

It’s Not Indoctrination to Help People Grow Through SEL

Little Ones Need Summer Learning  and Fun. Here's How to Give Them Both.

Little Ones Need Summer Learning and Fun. Here's How to Give Them Both.

Betsy DeVos Is Back! She’ll Be Talking With Moms for Liberty on Saturday.

Betsy DeVos Is Back! She’ll Be Talking With Moms for Liberty on Saturday.

My High School Never Talked About Race, and Oh Man Did I Miss Out

My High School Never Talked About Race, and Oh Man Did I Miss Out

If We Truly Want Equitable Schools, We're Going to Have to Work Together

If We Truly Want Equitable Schools, We're Going to Have to Work Together

New National Partnership Promises 250,000 More Adults in Schools To Support Student Recovery

New National Partnership Promises 250,000 More Adults in Schools To Support Student Recovery

Black Families Shouldn't Have to Leave America to Know the Privileges of Liberty, But Mine Did

Black Families Shouldn't Have to Leave America to Know the Privileges of Liberty, But Mine Did

As Pride Month Ends, Our LGBTQIA+ Youth Are Under the Worst Attack in Decades

As Pride Month Ends, Our LGBTQIA+ Youth Are Under the Worst Attack in Decades

White Parents Chased This Black Educator Straight Out of Town, And They Didn't Stop There

White Parents Chased This Black Educator Straight Out of Town, And They Didn't Stop There

I’ll Be the Bogeyman of the Far-right if It Means Speaking Out on Racial Justice

I’ll Be the Bogeyman of the Far-Right if It Means Speaking Out on Racial Justice

LGBTQIA+ Student Booed by Adults at Tulsa School Board Meeting Speaks Out

LGBTQIA+ Student Booed by Adults at Tulsa School Board Meeting Speaks Out

Biden's Executive Order Is Only Step One To Protect Trans Kids

Real Freedom Looks Like Black and Latinx Families Having the Power to Choose Their Own Schools

Real Freedom Looks Like Black and Latinx Families Having the Power to Choose Their Own Schools

School Was Exhausting This Year. Here's How We Made it Through.

School Was Exhausting This Year. Here's How We Made It Through.

5 Summer Reading Tips to Set Your Students Up for Success

5 Summer Reading Tips to Set Your Students Up for Success

4 Ways School Leaders Can Address Teacher Burnout and Keep Talented Teachers in the Classroom

4 Ways School Leaders Can Address Teacher Burnout and Keep Talented Teachers in the Classroom

When Teachers Pay Attention to How Their Students Think, Kids Can Make More Sense of Math

When Teachers Pay Attention to How Their Students Think, Kids Can Make More Sense of Math

After Uvalde, Teachers Need to Help Kids Process Big Feelings in Small, Daily Conversations

After Uvalde, Teachers Need to Help Kids Process Big Feelings in Small, Daily Conversations

My Son Taught His Own Damn Self … And Got Into College!

My Son Taught His Own Damn Self … And Got Into College!

Remake's Joyful, Innovative Approach to Learning Is What Families Need Right Now

Remake's Joyful, Innovative Approach to Learning Is What Families Need Right Now

This LGBTQ+ Affirming High School in Alabama Just Graduated Its First Class

This LGBTQ+ Affirming High School in Alabama Just Graduated Its First Class

Punk Artist Mike Park Shares His Experience With Anti-Asian Hate

Punk Artist Mike Park Shares His Experience With Anti-Asian Hate

Want Justice For Uvalde? It'll Only Happen If You Can Outspend Lobbyists.

Want Justice For Uvalde? It'll Only Happen If You Can Outspend Lobbyists.

Science of Literacy and Dual Language Advocates Can Work Together, But It’s Harder Than You Think

Science of Literacy and Dual Language Advocates Can Work Together, But It’s Harder Than You Think

Parents Aren’t Falling for the Partisan Outrage About SEL in Schools

Parents Aren’t Falling for the Partisan Outrage About SEL in Schools

Why the Time Requires Us to Teach Like Malcolm

Why the Time Requires Us to Teach Like Malcolm

3 Strategies To Help Kids Heal When Racist Tragedies Strike

3 Strategies To Help Kids Heal When Racist Tragedies Strike

Here's How the 'Brown' Decision Impacted Black Teachers

Here's How the 'Brown' Decision Impacted Black Teachers

It Didn't Take Long for My Students to Ask About the Buffalo Shooting

When We Cap Charter School Growth, We Cap Student Growth

When We Cap Charter School Growth, We Cap Student Growth

'Doing Less Was Not an Option.' How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.

'Doing Less Was Not an Option.' How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.

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