CRT
Brightbeam’s List of the Top 30 Education Influencers of 2021
It’s been a wild year for education, from unprecedented federal investments in our nation’s kids via the American Rescue Plan to endless conversations on critical race theory. Throughout it all there...
COVID-19
Want to Stop the Spread? Close Bars and Let Kindergartners Eat Inside
As we enter the second winter of COVID, we know that cases will rise as people spend more time indoors and gather for the holidays. Even with extremely effective vaccines and booster doses widely...
COVID-19
America’s Rural Schools May Not Be Tragic, but They Have Known Tragedy
Maybe this is the turning point. Education advocacy is exhausting — particularly in rural communities like mine, where our opportunities are limited and our challenges are unique. A myriad of...
Teaching
Why We Can’t Just Shut Up and Teach
It is no easy thing to help high school students become better critical thinkers. Especially now. The very act of engaging students in the events of the world and helping them to understand and...
Special Education
Bookmonsters Offers Helpful and Important Advice For Parents, But Here’s What It Won’t Tell You
There is no shortage of reading material on what parents can do to help their children learn to read. For some useful information, Natalie Wexler has authored “The Knowledge Gap” as well as a blog...
CRT
We Will Not Shy Away From Teaching Our History
During their senior year, all scholars at all of Democracy Prep’s schools take a rigorous year-long course called Sociology of Change. For the first half of the year, our scholars study...
