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...
Teaching
Why Teachers Have to Stop Saying ‘You Can’t Teach Those Kinds of Kids’
I watched the now infamous video of a White teacher in Baltimore calling her students “idiots” and asking if they want to grow up to be “broke-a** n***ers.” The footage is very disturbing and...
Charter Schools
We Got Rid of 'No Excuses' Discipline and Student Achievement Has Never Been Higher
This fall I had the privilege of attending a convening hosted by the U.S. Department of Education on the cultural practices of schools across the United States. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the...
Teaching
As Long as People Continue to Believe There's a Post-Racial America, We'll Never Be Able to 'Keep It Real'
Black people in general advance American culture. When you look at the history of American music, you need look no further than jazz and hip-hop to see that this is true. But aside from music, Black...
Diversity
I Was at the 'Hamilton' Performance With Mike Pence and I Saw Something You Didn't See on Twitter
By the time I was running down 46th Street to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City this past Friday night, I’d been consuming all things "Hamilton" for months. I had the book. I’d watched...
Teaching
I Was a Teacher and I Was Homeless
"Whether you broke or rich you gotta get this Havin' money's not everything, not havin' it is." —Kanye West, "Good Life" The World Series is underway and America's favorite pastime is on my mind (Go...
