School Funding
Teachers Unions Must Stop Standing With Republicans Against Closing the Equity 'Loophole' in Title I Funding
The Obama administration is trying to end a longstanding bit of systemic inequity in the public schools, but his officials are facing the stiff arm from an unlikely team: Republicans and their new...
Achievement Gap
The Conversation We Need on Race Happens in Classrooms Everyday
Every August, I visit all of our schools across the country to meet with our teams, listen to their vision for the year ahead, and celebrate the start of a new school year with our Rocketeers and...
School Choice
New Orleans Is Redefining the Meaning of Local Control
Local control of public education has become the rallying cry for many folks on all sides of education debates, from Tea Party libertarians to Bernie Sanders progressives, but local control isn’t an...
Politics
Sexism stings for a long time, in politics and in the classroom
When Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for President of the United States, I’ll admit I cried. I looked at my daughter and my tears came. Nothing in my childhood prepared me for that...
Poverty
Do You Think of Dallas as a Leader on Integrating Schools? Maybe You Should.
Dallas has been in the news lately for its ongoing conversations about race and class in the wake of tragic shootings. Like other American cities, Dallas is highly segregated by income and race, and...
Parents
How to Have 'The Talk' With Your Black Students When They Return to School
Eric Holder stated that in his version of "the talk," which he hoped to not have to “[hand] down,” that “as a father who loves his son and who is more knowing in the ways of the world, I had to do...
