Stories

We Need to Change the Way High Schools Are Preparing Students for College

Maureen Kelleher’s recent piece, Another Reminder That We Can’t Hold Schools Accountable Without Giving Them Support is exactly right, particularly when considering college preparation and...

Achievement Gap

Another Reminder That We Can’t Hold Schools Accountable Without Giving Them Support

The buzz is building around a new radio documentary for our local NPR station in Chicago. The View from Room 205, produced by Linda Lutton for WBEZ, asks a big question, “What if we’re just plain...

public schools

For Most People the MLK Holiday Is a Day Off, But for Me It's a Day On

AmeriCorps member Jarrett Jones will be spending MLK Day giving back to his community. Along with over 1,000 volunteers, Jarret will be a part of a beautification project at Curie Metropolitan High...

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...

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...

School Choice

I Had to Prove to My White Teachers That I Did Not Have a Learning Disability

This is the first part of a four-part series on the Nadra's experience and research on the achievement gap in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois, a diverse suburb north of Chicago and home to...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

We Need to Change the Way High Schools Are Preparing Students for College

Another Reminder That We Can’t Hold Schools Accountable Without Giving Them Support

For Most People the MLK Holiday Is a Day Off, But for Me It's a Day On

I Thought Private School Would Be an Escape From Racial Tracking in My Suburban District, But I Was Wrong

Here's One Thing We Can Do to Retain Teachers of Color

I Had to Prove to My White Teachers That I Did Not Have a Learning Disability