Stories

Achievement Gap

Everyone Is Entitled to an Opinion on Charter Schools But Parents Deserve the Final Say

Over the last year we've seen the NAACP come out forcefully against charter schools. We've seen the Trump administration support choice in ways that have made people question their own positions on...

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public schools

Chance The Rapper Donates 30,000 Backpacks to Chicago Students

Grammy Award-winning artist Chance The Rapper is once again helping students in need. The Chicago native has teamed up with STATE bags and his nonprofit, SocialWorks, to donate 30,000 free backpacks...

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Teaching

4 Things Every Teacher Needs to Know Before Going Back to School

Back-to-school time is a hectic and often stressful part of everyone’s year. Students, parents and teachers alike are bombarded with lists of what and what not to do, what kind of supplies they need...

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School Choice

School Choice Isn't Just Something That Parents Want, It's a Human Right

School choice critics are ignoring one of the world’s most progressive documents which strongly endorses parent rights to choose the kind of education they want for their children. That document, The...

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Charter Schools

These Guys Aren't Just Talking About It, They're Recruiting and Keeping Male Educators of Color in the Classroom

Quick: Name all of the male educators of color you had growing up. Having trouble coming up with any? You’re not alone. Only 2 percent of teachers in the United States are Black men. Hispanic men...

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anti-racism

Remembering Anna Julia Cooper on Her Birthday

On this day in 1858, Anna Julia Cooper entered the world in North Carolina. Few people transform a country for the better, let alone when they have the cards stacked against them the way she did as a...

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