Charter Schools
No Idea Too Radical: Inside New Orleans’ Dramatic K-12 Turnaround After Katrina
School had been in session for 10 days when Hurricane Katrina made its way up the Gulf Coast and slammed into New Orleans. On Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, the resulting storm surge breached major levees,...
Diversity
Our Kids Flourish at a Diversity-by-Design School
We are three mothers of biracial children. When exploring what K-12 should look like for our kids, we knew that diversity and academic performance needed to be top priorities. As we looked at the...
equity
The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
This week, America celebrated the 105th anniversary of the 19th Amendment's passage and ratification, which granted women the right to vote. However, like much of American history, the words in our...
EdTech
Trump’s Recent Executive Order Makes AI Literacy a National Priority — Here’s What It Really Means
It is “the policy of the United States to promote AI literacy and proficiency among Americans,” reads an executive order President Donald Trump issued on April 23, 2025. The executive order, titled...
School Choice
It’s Time For The Left To Come to the School Choice Table
For too long, the political Left has allowed the debate over school choice to be defined and dominated by conservatives. In doing so, we’ve neglected the most dynamic lever for equity and innovation...
equity
‘So Many Threats to Kids’: ICE Fear Grips Los Angeles At Start of New School Year
The night before school, Adriana Abich always gets nervous. Nervous there won’t be enough school supplies for new students, or that classrooms won’t be quite ready. But this year is different. This...
