Stories

How School Districts, Funding Policy, and Housing Affordability Add Up to Inequitable Systems

What sits at the intersection of school district boundaries, school funding policy, and housing affordability? Inequity for students and families. Lack of affordable rental housing effectively prices...

Laura Waters

Q&A With Sharif El-Mekki and Shareefah Mason: You Won't Retain Black Teachers Without Transforming Your School Culture

Shareefah Mason of Teach Plus and Sharif El-Mekki of the Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) believe that schools can only recruit and retain Black teachers—essential role models for...

California

Q&A With Alicia Dixon: Mutual Accountability Is a Stepping Stone on the Path to Justice

Alicia Dixon is executive director of the Marcus Foster Education Institute (MFEI). Since 1973, MFEI has been committed to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for all students in...

school leadership

Q&A With Paige Kowalski: Getting Transparent About Student Data

Student data. Standardized testing. Accountability. These words set off a lot of big feelings among parents, educators and policymakers — especially fear and anger. Controversies over testing,...

educational justice

While Others Fight the Education Wars of Yesteryear, We're Ready to Start #SeekingCommonGround

While all the drama around the pandemic and its fallout sucks the life out of schools and communities, far too many heavy-hitters in the education policy and politics continue to sit in their silos...

CRT

Like James Baldwin Said, 'A Teacher Who Is Not Free to Teach Is Not a Teacher'

The great James Baldwin once stated, “A teacher who is not free to teach, is not a teacher.” As many of you already know, there is some real shit going on in our education system that requires our...

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When School Reform is Not Enough