Stories (307)

If You’re Black and Celebrating ‘Independence Day’ on the Fourth of July, I’m Looking at You Sideways

Outrage: Not Our Independence Day What does July 4 mean to me? A day off work and hopefully a powerful plate of barbecue. But, it’s definitely not my Independence Day. And it shouldn’t be the...

California

These Stories of School Boards Behaving Badly Will Drive You Nuts

A veteran education reporter recently revealed to me the one area he can’t get insiders to talk about: school boards. Administrators, teachers and others will open up about equity, standardized...

Special Education

DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs

I’m detecting a trend. Recently, The Atlantic ran a piece that catalogues the Trump administration’s disregard of civil rights protections for Americans (and aspiring Americans) during the tenure of...

California

54 Years Since the Civil Rights Act and Schools Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Serve Students of Color

A basic right like education can sometimes feel more like a privilege than a constitutional promise. In the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case, the Supreme Court determined that "‘separate...

School Funding

After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One

I embraced education reform to strengthen schools, not to weaken unions, so I am not especially happy about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME. The net effect of the ruling will be to...

Teaching

I May Not Like Teachers Unions' Politics But I Respect How They Hold Teachers Down

Outrage: Teachers Already Deal With Enough Right after the Janus decision dropped, I had this conversation with an associate who’s an educator: “I had to resign because the pressures of leading a...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Stories

If You’re Black and Celebrating ‘Independence Day’ on the Fourth of July, I’m Looking at You Sideways

These Stories of School Boards Behaving Badly Will Drive You Nuts

DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs

54 Years Since the Civil Rights Act and Schools Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Serve Students of Color

After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One

I May Not Like Teachers Unions' Politics But I Respect How They Hold Teachers Down