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Lakisha Young Talks About How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis

Lakisha Young is the executive director of The Oakland REACH. Her work began through witnessing the disparities faced by Black and Brown students, including members of her own family. She sought to...

Achievement Gap

Let's Help Our Young People Unlearn What White Supremacy Taught Them

True story. The other day I was recording an episode of my podcast with 11th graders at a school on the far south-side of Chicago. During our conversation about their experiences as Black students in...

Achievement Gap

I Don’t Want to Hear Another Argument About How Charter Schools Are Killing Public Schools

Dear America, Please don't bother my community with anti-charter school arguments in 2020. That's unless you're willing to get involved with majority-Black attended public schools in your town or...

Achievement Gap

We Shined a Light on What Many Refuse to See: World-Class Cities With Third-World Educational Results

You mad, bro? That seems like the most appropriate question to ask after my team released “The Secret Shame of Progressive Cities” last week, a report highlighting the fact that gaps in educational...

Achievement Gap

Nowhere Is the Hypocrisy of Progressives More Apparent Than in Education

Two years ago, when I ran for mayor of Minneapolis I was somewhat naïve, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about the possibility of mobilizing the White, progressive Democratic majority and people of...

Achievement Gap

Here's What It Really Means to Move to a 'Good School' in a 'Good Neighborhood'

Many White folks, especially Northern White liberals who voted for Obama, would argue they are not racist, even while they actively cause harm to Black folks by their racist actions. Since so many...

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Lakisha Young Talks About How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis

Let's Help Our Young People Unlearn What White Supremacy Taught Them

I Don’t Want to Hear Another Argument About How Charter Schools Are Killing Public Schools

We Shined a Light on What Many Refuse to See: World-Class Cities With Third-World Educational Results

Nowhere Is the Hypocrisy of Progressives More Apparent Than in Education

Here's What It Really Means to Move to a 'Good School' in a 'Good Neighborhood'

Support Education Equity