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Teaching

What AP African American Studies and “The Holdovers” Have in Common

Too often, when people hear the words “intellectual rigor,” they associate it with a cantankerous, sage-on-the-stage pedagogy. The most recent pop-culture take on the stereotype appears in “The...

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Diversity

Support Superintendents: Build a Culture of Trust and Stop Turnover

At some point in their careers, every superintendent has walked into a school board meeting that felt more like a battlefield. Opinions collided, often contentiously, and administrators felt...

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anti-racism

Teachers, Find Your Fellowship to Fight White Supremacy

In a society that is built upon white supremacy, where we all play a role in upholding its grasp, and so many of us benefit from it, how can we commit, together, to seeing it destroyed? I rewatched...

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Chronic Absenteeism: Breaking the Vicious Cycle for Students of Color

The hallways of our nation's schools should be filled with the sounds of learning and growth. But for far too many students of color, those hallways are marred by the toxic cloud of bullying and...

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anti-racism

White Moms and the Paucity of Moral Imagination

There is an informal apartheid in America. Many progressive white mothers continue to quietly perpetuate it through our collective lack of social and moral imagination. When I was studying abroad in...

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School Choice

We have more educational choices than ever. Is that a good thing?

Education savings accounts are having a moment in state legislatures around the country. Advocates have encouraged their popularity, promising that ESAs will introduce greater flexibility and choice...

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