Stories

Vote Local Day 1: What Happens When Every Family Votes (ft. Khulia Pringle, Wendy Gonzalez-Neal and Maritza Guridy)

https://www.facebook.com/246491525549550/videos/2701969653401357 Our democratic system suffers without the input of families like yours. This is why we’re doing the #GetEducated Week of Action to...

Vote Local Day 2: Three Social Studies Teachers Hop Into a Zoom (ft. Michelle Pearson and Patrick Kelly)

https://www.facebook.com/246491525549550/videos/696484117634011 It’s easy to forget how powerful we can be for our communities regardless of what’s happening in national politics. So we’re hosting...

Teaching

You Can't Sit This Election Out. Your Students Are Watching.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016. I arrive at school bleary and unfocused—up too late the night before, fitful sleep, early rise. Class hasn’t started yet, students aren’t even officially supposed to be...

COVID-19

Even Remotely, I Still Plan to Lead a Student-Centered Second Grade

As we settle into this school year virtually, I’ve been a little nervous, but I am committed to providing my second grade students with the kind of student-centered instruction that transformed my...

Politics

Think Your Vote Doesn't Matter? Then Vote Local.

National media is entirely preoccupied by Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s ongoing barroom brawl. But there are 95,000 other seats across America up for grabs in our local towns and cities; in fact,...

Charter Schools

Karega Rausch Says Charter Schools Get Better Outcomes for Kids When They Listen to Communities

With all the ruckus around charter schools, it’s easy to forget they can’t be painted with a broad brush. Each state has its own charter school law, its own educational politics, its own ways of...