LGBTQ
Home Was My Refuge, But Many LGBTQ+ Students Need More Support During This Pandemic
I was one of the lucky ones—gay kids, that is. My parents accepted me at an early age. On my 13th birthday, just as I was entering puberty, I came out to them—I told them I am gay. My mother and...
School Choice
The Republican Party Doesn't Own the School Reform Movement. People of Color Do.
On Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump delivered his fourth State of the Union Address (SOTU) to the 116th Congress and the nation. The annual address was broadcast live across the airways and...
Achievement Gap
I Don’t Want to Hear Another Argument About How Charter Schools Are Killing Public Schools
Dear America, Please don't bother my community with anti-charter school arguments in 2020. That's unless you're willing to get involved with majority-Black attended public schools in your town or...
Special Education
Thanks to the National Parents Union, I'm Fired Up and Ready to Fight for Better Schools
The racial demographics within traditional public schools in the U.S. are undoubtedly changing, and it's two Latina parents living on opposite ends of the country who are together leading the...
Achievement Gap
Even in a School With an 'A' Rating, Students of Color Are Being Failed
Around the country, schools that initially impress observers with high overall test scores often lose their luster upon closer examination, when inequities in achievement by race and income become...
New York
Welcome Back to Charter School Advocacy, Cory Booker!
One evening last summer, I arrived home later than usual, after a happy-hour chat with a good friend about the speech that had just been delivered by presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker in a...