Politics
Yes, Politics Do Belong In The Classroom
As I reflect on a controversial piece I wrote shortly after Donald Trump Jr. referred to educators as “loser teachers,” I remember one specific comment from the aggressive back-and-forth online...
opportunity gap
You Can Call It a 'Lost Decade,' But I See a Lot of Good Things Happening
The spin never stops when it comes to education and it goes into overdrive with the close of a decade. Amidst all the hype of a lost decade and the need for humility from education reformers,...
Diversity
10 Books to Help Your Students Find the Diverse Voices They Need to Hear
The day my teaching changed forever didn’t happen in a classroom. It happened at the local mall, in a bookstore that was going out of business. No English teacher can resist a book on sale, and what...
Diversity
Here's How to Help Your Students Find the Voices Missing From the Traditional Thanksgiving Story
In the elementary classroom, teachers often shy away from teaching a more critical viewpoint of “traditional history” for fear of how this shift will be received by parents or others. However, they...
Charter Schools
How to Throw a Big Ass House Party and Change the Game for Our Kids
Got you with the title, didn’t I? LOL! But since I have you here, let me tell you how to throw a big ass house party and change the game for our kids. Now, this isn’t the house party you saw in the...
Math
Here’s What All the NAEP Coverage Missed
Articles on the release of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores rang an alarm of familiar decline: “Math scores remained relatively flat in most states” and “U.S. education...
