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Poverty

Why We Should Be Thinking About America's Poorest Students When We Head to the Polls Today

As we head to the polls to vote in our next president, education advocates, like me, are still wondering why neither major candidate has made equitable funding for America’s most vulnerable children,...

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California

I Used to Think College Wasn't For Me, Now I Work to Ensure Students of Color Attend and Graduate College

Many people don’t go back to work in the community they grew up in, but doing so provides a special perspective. I’m a natural born citizen, who was raised by an immigrant mother who worked up to...

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Teaching

Leaving Standing Rock Was Just as Emotional as Leaving the Bhutan Refugee Camp 8 Years Ago

Earlier this month, I spent a Saturday night camping alongside thousands of water protectors who have gathered in the Sacred Stone Camp in the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation near Cannon Ball, North...

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Charter Schools

Yes, I am a Suburban White Mom and I Did Just Go There With Race and Charter Schools

In his latest burst of fragging, conservative school reformer Robert Pondiscio recently argued that social justice-minded school reformers have only themselves to blame if suburban Massachusetts...

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Charter Schools

Three Things to Consider About Charter Schools and the Fight to Lift the Cap in Massachusetts

Education Post does not take a stance on electoral issues, but seeks to amplify the voices of those who support high-quality public school choices. Bloggers’ views are their own. I have been...

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Tennessee’s Achievement School District Shows How State Interventions Can Work for Kids

In a recent column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, two Nashville school board members cautioned Georgia voters on supporting the Opportunity School District proposal based on their views of how...

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