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Here's How We Turn Our Teacher Crisis Into an Education Moonshot

It is no secret that education in America finds itself in a moment of dire reckoning.

February 15 2022

By Zachary Wright

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Here’s How We Can Attract, Prepare and Support Teachers to Improve Student Outcomes

Becoming a teacher isn’t sexy. For one, there is no economic incentive; for many people, completing teacher preparation programs means taking on even more student debt than they...

February 21 2020

By Zachary Wright

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I Refuse to Trick Latinx Educators Into Entering a Profession That Doesn’t Support Them

I was a Latinx teacher. I loved it. I couldn’t afford to stay in it, but you need to, and I’ll help.

December 12 2019

By Daniel Velasco

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Teacher Prep

Here's How We Turn Our Teacher Crisis Into an Education Moonshot

February 15, 2022

Teacher Prep

Here’s How We Can Attract, Prepare and Support Teachers to Improve Student Outcomes

February 21, 2020

Teacher Prep

I Refuse to Trick Latinx Educators Into Entering a Profession That Doesn’t Support Them

December 12, 2019

Chicago

It's Time for Chicago and Its Teachers Union to Collaborate and Win for Kids

November 5, 2019

teacher shortage

Here's What Students Stand to Gain From the Chicago Teachers Strike

November 1, 2019

Implicit bias

We Can Support Our Teachers and Still Call B.S. on This Chicago Strike

October 17, 2019

teacher effectiveness

Teachers Are Rightfully Demanding Better for Themselves, But What Are They Bringing to the Table?

October 8, 2019

Black students

Teachers, I Love You. But Sometimes Your Unions Are Full of It.

September 6, 2019

teacher effectiveness

I Asked Teachers for Their Strangest Summer Jobs and This Is What They Said

July 22, 2019

teacher retention

We Can Do Better Than Just Thanking Teachers With Free Coffee and Donuts

May 8, 2019

Trump Administration

Betsy DeVos Wants Larger Paychecks For Teachers Who Deliver Results for Kids

March 29, 2019

Black students

What Oklahoma Teachers Can Learn From the Montgomery Bus Boycott

December 5, 2018

teacher shortage

If You're a Politician and Don't Have Education at the Forefront, Then You're Part of the Problem

October 30, 2018

teacher pay

Parents Don't Want Their Kids to Be Teachers But I Do

September 12, 2018

teacher shortage

Some Thoughts From a Teacher on What People Think About Teachers

September 7, 2018

teacher effectiveness

It's Not Real School Accountability If No One Is Held Accountable

July 30, 2018

educational equity

After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One

June 29, 2018

Poverty

This Is How We Get More Millennials to Be Teachers

June 8, 2018

Achievement Gap

Effective Early Education Requires Effective and Empowered Early Educators

June 7, 2018

educational equity

These Teachers of the Year Stand Up in Support of Teachers Fighting for a Living Wage

April 27, 2018

Teacher Prep

A Raise Is Nice, But Teachers Have an Opportunity to Fight for Something Even Bigger

April 11, 2018

racism

We Could Have More Black Teachers If We Removed These Barriers

March 13, 2018

teacher retention

I Didn’t Just 'Settle' for Teaching, I Joined TFA Because I Wanted to Teach

October 31, 2017

School Choice

High Hopes Despite Low Expectations: Welcome to Oklahoma

September 28, 2017

Chicago

Education, Politics, Media and Chicago

September 11, 2017

Chicago

I Looked at Illinois' School Funding Plan and the Numbers Just Aren't Adding Up

September 5, 2017

low-income

Want to Know How to Get Minorities Into Teaching? Just Ask the Students.

September 1, 2017

School Quality

A Parent’s Guide to the Changes Coming to Florida Schools

May 11, 2017

Chicago

Hey Charter Schools, If You Don’t Want a Union, Don’t Give Teachers a Reason to Organize

April 18, 2017

Teacher Prep

Coffee Break: E4E on Entering a New Chapter and Working on Reform From the Inside Out

March 29, 2017

Poverty

Forget Your Nostalgia for White Picket Fences, Suburban Schools Need to Accept the New Reality

March 17, 2017

Poverty

Coffee Break: Richard Kahlenberg on Knocking Down School District Walls That Separate Kids by Race and Class

March 16, 2017

Resources

The Top 10 Websites to Help Teachers Fund Everything

March 15, 2017

Rural Schools

This Rural Town Shows the Real Costs of Our Broken School Funding System

March 9, 2017

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I Told My Daughter She’d Better Not Become a Teacher Like Me

March 8, 2017

low-income

The Fight That Should Matter Most to Progressive Advocates for Children Is Accountability

January 17, 2017

Teacher Prep

Mike Miles Is Challenging the ‘Immutable Laws’ of Public Education, and It’s Working

January 17, 2017

teacher pay

I Was a Teacher and I Was Homeless

November 2, 2016

Chicago

Voices and Facts Against the Planned Chicago Teachers Strike

October 5, 2016

Poverty

Striking Is the Most Morally Broke and Opposite-of-Woke Thing Chicago Teachers Could Do

October 5, 2016

teacher pay

Here’s Why Teacher Pensions Cost So Much But Pay So Little

June 6, 2016

teacher pay

Real Teacher Appreciation Is More Than Tokens, Hugs and Free Coffee

May 18, 2016

Teacher Prep

Stick to Movies, Mr. Denby

February 17, 2016

teacher pay

Can We Improve Equity and Raise Teacher Pay By Fixing Teacher Salary Scales?

November 29, 2015

standardized tests

Unions Used to Embrace Grading Teachers with Tests, Until They Didn't

April 16, 2015

Explained: What Is the Federal Charter Schools Program?

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