Achievement Gap
When I Realized No One Cared About My Students With Special Needs, I Chose to Raise My Voice
As a first-year teacher of students with disabilities in a large urban district, I faced huge inequities that even other teachers and principals overlooked. I taught a classroom full of students as...
Charter Schools
All This Integration Talk Is Distracting Us From Giving Black Families Better Schools
Last week the Journey for Justice Alliance released a report called “Failing Brown v. Board.” The report is a direct attack on public charter schools and “school choice,” arguing that they perpetuate...
student achievement
I’m Celebrating First-Gens Because I Am One
We all know the journey to—and through—college isn’t easy. It can be especially difficult for first-generation students who are the first in their family to attend college. I know this because I am a...
School Choice
Most of My Students Didn't Know Any College Graduates But That's Not Stopping Them From Going to College
“I can’t believe they picked me.” That’s what Keaton Hall, a senior at Uncommon Schools Rochester Prep High School, said to me on FaceTime when he called me over winter break to share the news that...
student achievement
Did Brown v. Board Really Produce Better Outcomes for Our Black Students?
I sometimes ponder whether or not Brown v. Board of Education was the worst thing that ever happened to African-American student achievement. With the death of Linda Brown Thompson in March, the...
Poverty
These 12 States Are Being Sued for Not Funding Schools Equitably
As teacher strikes bring attention to underfunded public schools, families and education advocates are suing to compel states to uphold statutory or constitutional obligations on education funding....
