student achievement
There's No Back to School for the Kids Who Get Shot and Killed
Outrage: They’re Dying More than 60 youth have been shot here in Chicago this year. At least 20 of those this summer and some of them won’t be returning to school this fall because they’re dead. Most...
guns
I’m a Teacher in Florida and I’m Afraid of Going Back to School This Fall
I am a seventh-grade civics teacher at a public school in Dade County, Florida, and I am afraid to go back to teaching in the fall. Parkland is in Broward, our sister county. I think every day about...
How We Can Make School Buses Safe for Kids and Affordable for Districts
Earlier this year, a New Jersey student and teacher were killed in a school bus crash while traveling for a field trip. The incident followed two other high-profile crashes—in Baltimore, Maryland,...
Charter Schools
Collaboration and Equity: How Tom Boasberg Changed Denver Public Schools
Four members of Chiefs for Change recently participated in a panel discussion at the National Charter Schools Conference hosted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Chiefs for Change...
student achievement
Coffee Break: How Arthur VanderVeen Is Lighting a Spark Under PARCC
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is a standardized test developed with federal funding to determine if students are meeting the Common Core State...
Poverty
How to Save Charter Schools From the Beatdown
There seems to be an organized assault on charter schools. Legal challenges, bureaucratic barriers and smear campaigns all work to destroy their reputation, deplete their finances and diminish their...
