Accountability in schools is something that we teachers talk about but rarely own. More often than not, “accountability” is interpreted as “explaining why I did something wrong.” In other cases, it...
All parents want what’s best for their kids. We do everything in our power to ensure that our children have opportunities and positive experiences whenever possible, and much of this is driven by our...
There’s something depressingly familiar about the privileged pushback we’re seeing in Massachusetts around the ballot measure to lift the cap on charter schools. An active group of affluent White...
Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble and kind: Beware the day They change their mind! —Langston Hughes I've been getting some pushback about writing as a teacher of color and for focusing on Black...
As we dive head first into this school year, I urge teachers, parents and leaders to think deeply about the mission of schooling and the mission of teaching. In today’s racial and political climate,...
