Parenting is a crash course in uncovering the truth, whether it’s a chocolate-stained toddler promising they didn’t get into the cookie jar, or a teenager assuring us that “of course there’ll be...
Perquimans Central Elementary is a school for pre-kindergarten through second grade in North Carolina’s rural northeast. Years ago, when Melissa Fields served as principal there, she adopted Lucy...
With the spring semester upon us, districts nationwide still struggle with teacher shortages. In New Jersey, it’s a crisis that is making it harder to hire and retain Black and Latino teachers....
It’s pretty difficult to understate the importance of community involvement in schools. At KIPP, when we talk about “Family and community engagement in school,” we’re talking about schools, families,...
Two depressing developments of the past couple years have given birth to a radical idea: Let’s rethink state “compulsory attendance” laws so that they’re phrased in terms of kids learning rather than...
