Achievement Gap
Let's Get Real About Graduating Kids, Not Gaming Grad Rates
“Tyrone” sat across from me, leaning forward with his hands wringing in anxiety as I stared blankly at my computer screen. Staring back at me was Tyrone’s posted algebra grade. The course was...
California
America Promises Equal Opportunity But It's a Complete Lie
Schools are where we're supposed to find equal opportunity. Instead we find a sorting system that magnifies inequality. In fact, schools ration out opportunity to predictable top dogs and underdogs,...
Achievement Gap
Nice to See the Right and the Left Agree on Something, Too Bad They're Both Wrong
Two former U.S. secretaries of education, Margaret Spellings, who served under President George W. Bush, and Arne Duncan, who served under President Barack Obama, think the movement to improve public...
Implicit bias
Why We've Got to Talk About Race If We Want to Achieve Education Equity
Our inability as a nation to engage in difficult conversations about race has left us with a lack of agreement on how to define equity. Yes, equity is about closing achievement gaps between White...
Poverty
These 12 States Are Being Sued for Not Funding Schools Equitably
As teacher strikes bring attention to underfunded public schools, families and education advocates are suing to compel states to uphold statutory or constitutional obligations on education funding....
Poverty
School Counselor of the Year Kirsten Perry Isn't a Savior, She's Just Here to Help
In just two years, school counselor Kirsten Perry has served as a catalyst for transforming North Lawndale Community Academy, a neighborhood elementary school in one of Chicago’s poorest and most...