Achievement Gap
Let's Focus on Our Students' Health and Humanity, Not on 'Getting Back to Normal'
Jessica N. Ewalt, Ph.D., is an educator in the Gwinnett County Public School system. Her research focuses on the implications of critical race theory in high school social studies classrooms. Matthew...
equity
This Moment Demands a New, Race-Conscious Approach to Education
All across the country confederate statues are coming down, schools and road names are changing too. In my home state, New Mexico, we’re beginning to address our statues, buildings and roads that...
COVID-19
XQ+RI Schools Rise to the Challenge of Distance Learning and Hope to Inspire a State
Before the COVID-19 pandemic came into full view, the voice of Angélica Infante-Green, the Rhode Island Education Commissioner, bounced off the marble walls of the State House as she readied to...
student achievement
Here's How a Trauma-Informed Approach to Remote Teaching Can Help Students Succeed
Every teacher in every school has students who have experienced or are living with trauma in their lives—and many recognize that the trauma may be escalating with school closures. [pullquote]We’re...
student support
Remote Learning Is Creating Unnecessary Anxiety for My Students Right Now
Is everybody doing okay? Probably a silly question, but I really wanted to check-in on my American Sign Language (ASL) students. It was day three of no school, no friends, no teachers, no routine...
Teaching
There’s Ineffective Teaching in Every School. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.
I recently heard a familiar, stinging remark from a policymaker: Allison, if we’re going to increase education funding significantly, we must address the issue of bad teachers in our classrooms. I...
