student achievement
Michelle Obama Isn't in the White House But She's Still on for #CollegeSigningDay
There’s nothing quite like walking around with former First Lady Michelle Obama when she’s meeting students for the first time. I’ve seen her stroll across a campus dorm quad at Howard University...
opportunity gap
No One Should Ever Have to Feel Like They're Not Smart Enough
“I could never make it there,” they said. “I am just not smart enough,” they explained. Those were some of the comments I heard from students in my high school teacher's Spanish class. I was back in...
student achievement
Teachers, You Never Know What Students Are Going Through Outside The Classroom
This guest post is by an anonymous, Oakland-based educator. One time my mom tried to kill me. She chased me with a knife, cackling like a witch. It was hide-and-seek—but it wasn’t, it wasn’t a game....
Charter Schools
His Students Didn't Think You Could Be Black and a Principal. He's Proving Them Wrong.
Last year as he was preparing to open a new middle school in Rhode Island, Osvaldo Jose Martí worked as an administrator first at Blackstone Valley Prep’s existing middle school and then at one of...
student achievement
Betsy, Can We Really ‘Uber’-ize Public Education? Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea.
This morning, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered a keynote address at the Brookings Institution for the Center on Children and Families’ release of its fifth annual Education Choice and...
Poverty
I Was Homeless and In and Out of School. Then I Got Into Ms. Russell’s Car.
I wasn’t supposed to be where I am today. People repeatedly told me, “You ain’t nothin’. You ain’t neva gon be nothin’.” I saw my first murder at age 11, and, by the time I turned 15, I was on my...
