Achievement Gap
I Thought Private School Would Be an Escape From Racial Tracking in My Suburban District, But I Was Wrong
This is the fourth part of a four-part series on the writer’s experience and research on the achievement gap in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois, a diverse suburb north of Chicago and home to...
School Choice
9 Stories of Parents Demanding Better Schools in 2016
Okay, so I'm not a parent—yet. But every day I read so many inspiring stories of parents from around the country demanding better schools for their children. And unlike policy wonks, they're not...
School Discipline
My Former School District Just Made Fighting a Felony, and Here's the Problem
In 2006, I graduated from Hazelwood Central High School in St. Louis County. Up until I turned 16, and later sometimes to save on gas money, I remember taking the bus everyday from the neighborhood I...
California
How My Guidance Counselor Changed My Life Between First and Second Period
I was rushing to second period when my counselor asked, “Did you send your application to Dartmouth yet?” stopping to interrogate me in the hall. In my mind, Dartmouth College was not even on my...
School Choice
Coffee Break: Priscilla Agbeo on Loving Her 'Blackness' From Chicago to Stanford
Priscilla Agbeo is a junior at Stanford University, where she is focused on African and African American studies. She is also a woman of color—an African immigrant from the South Side of Chicago with...
Diversity
Here's One Thing We Can Do to Retain Teachers of Color
As a third-year teacher in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), I’ve already thought about leaving the profession. Since middle school, I always wanted to be a teacher. I entered the profession imagining...
