A few years ago, I had a conversation with a young African-American man who was a high school senior in Chicago. He wanted to be a teacher in order to reach kids who wanted to learn but needed help...
Martina, a high school sophomore, told her teacher she was nervous about talking with students from other schools about race. As she boarded the yellow school bus to participate in the annual Teens...
Education activist Chris Stewart told me in a recent interview that “it’s almost like we’re putting people through a meatpacking plant and we’re trying to drop stuff in their brains.” In a lot of...
The Commercial Appeal in Memphis reported on the 10-year anniversary of Teach For America (TFA) in Memphis. It was fascinating to see how the demographics of TFA Memphis has changed for the better...
It’s not every day you see the phrase “supplement, not supplant” make it into The New York Times. But it did. The Washington education world is buzzing over Secretary John King’s effort to push...
