Teaching

Parents, Do You Want Your Child to Be Happy or Literate?

If you want to understand how education research can miss the forest for the trees, look no further than a recent report from a University of Maryland/Harvard University research team that found that...

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anti-racism

Why the Time Requires Us to Teach Like Malcolm

As we celebrate and honor what would have been Malcolm X’s 97th birthday, I can’t help but think of his legacy in the context of today’s whitelash against speaking and teaching truth to the youth...

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Teaching

Stop What You're Doing and Thank a Black Teacher

Stop what you’re doing and go thank a Black teacher. You may be reading this and unable to leave your classroom or current place of business. But whether online or in-person, take time out today to...

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Teaching

Here's Why It's More Important Than Ever to Support Black Teachers

“I Fear I May Have Integrated My People Into a Burning House.” — Martin Luther King Jr. It is no secret that there is a widening diversity gap between our public school students and our public school...

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Charter Schools

We Have an Education Crisis On Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

The recent announcement by the US Department of Education to propose radical changes to the process by which charter schools must follow to open new schools is a dismal reminder of our education...

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school leadership

Chicago Isn’t the Only City Putting Politics Over Kids

The politics of education are broken and we are seeing the effects of it play out in real-time. In Chicago, a stalemate over remote learning options and reopening of schools amidst the Omicron...

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