California
I Never Thought I'd Be Legally Allowed to Stay in This Country. Now I'm a Teacher.
I never thought I’d get here. I never thought I’d be legally allowed to stay in this country, be a college graduate or be a teacher. Coming originally from Tijuana, Mexico, when I was 1 year old, my...
Charter Schools
Coffee Break: Kennan Scott on Cold Brew, Mad Scientists and Teaching STEM to Kids of Color
Kennan Scott teaches engineering at West Oakland Middle School in Oakland, California. Before becoming a teacher, he worked as a transit engineer, where he saw firsthand the isolation and obstacles...
School Choice
These Denver Principals Are Calling for an End to Suspensions of Young Students
In the world of education, few things are sadder or more ill-advised than suspending kids as young as 4 years old from school for behavioral infractions. Yet it happens frequently, in Denver and...
student achievement
Because of My Charter School, I Graduated From Morehouse College
This May, I had the great honor of graduating from Morehouse College, the school of my dreams. I will never forget the day I knew that I wanted to go to Morehouse. I had just finished my associate of...
Achievement Gap
Education Reform Isn't Just for Cities
School reform advocate Derrell Bradford and policy writer Andy Rotherham hit on it. Illinois education writer Tracy Dell’Angela has a blog focused on it. Teacher/education writer Robert Pondiscio...
Poverty
Fix the Formula, Illinois. It’s Time.
Yesterday afternoon, my second-grader got her copy of the school yearbook. She flipped back to the kindergarten class photos. “Miss Maya’s class used to have three teachers,” she observed. Now it has...
