The Equity Line contains original analyses, commentary, and “on the ground” stories of students, parents, educators, and activists all over the nation striving to improve education. It chronicles our efforts, as well as those of partners and friends who are working toward the shared goal of closing gaps.
Common Standards Will Allow Us to Assess What’s Working and What’s Not
Sometimes curriculum is determined by states, sometimes by districts or schools, and sometimes by individual teachers. Sometimes curriculum is driven by nation…
The Markers of Digression: How Dumbed-Down PD Disrespects Teachers and Stifles Development
by Brooke Haycock“We’re all mad here.” — The Cheshire Cat, Alice in WonderlandA woman stands near the door under a caged clock that hasn’t moved all morning and chirps into the…
Look Beyond the Politics of the Common Core
by Sonja Brookins SantelisesRecent polling on Common Core highlights the growing politicization of the standards and how their portrayal in the media has damaged and undercut sectors of p…
We’re Sure to Get Somewhere
I used the phrase “down a rabbit hole” in a Huffington Post column this week about the need for a rich, coherent curriculum to close achievement gaps.My assump…
Fast Fact: Half of Low-Income Children Don’t Get School Breakfast
by Ed TrustFor more information, click here.Produced by Ed Trust staff.
Don’t Forget the Importance of Breakfast This Back-to-School Season
by Mandy ZatynskiUPDATEDAs adults, we’re told of the importance of starting our days with breakfast — to get our metabolism going, to give us energy, to help us focus. Not surp…
Help on the Way?
A recent poll by the Education Week Research Center reaffirms what other polls have shown — that teachers are well aware that the textbooks and materials they …
Vote for Ed Trust at SXSWedu 2015!
by Blair MannEvery March, Austin, Texas is abuzz with the SXSWedu® Conference & Festival. It brings together educators, advocates, journalists, and others to engage in …
Fast Fact: Preparing Students for Postsecondary Success
by Ed TrustFor more information, click here.Produced by Ed Trust staff.
Helping the Rich Get Richer — At Every Level
by Marni BrombergSchool funding in America is unequal. As a nation, we spend less in the places with the highest percentages of low-income students — not just in states and dis…
A Teacher Who Saw the Tragedy of Harsh and Arbitrary Discipline
I’ve been rereading Up the Down Staircase, the 1964 classic tale of a dysfunctional urban high school, and one of the points that struck me is that one of the …
25 Million Reasons to Become the Change in Education
Low-income students and students of color now make up a majority of our nation’s youth. “If we don’t educate them to high levels, we’re in trouble as a country…
Fast Fact: Unequal Consequences Based on Race
by Ed TrustHow We Think About Teaching
An interesting article in last week’s New York Times Magazine, “Why Do Americans Stink at Math?” identifies several principal problems of American teaching: Te…
Where in the Pell Are They? U.Va. Can Be Selective Without Being Exclusive
by Andrew Howard NicholsHigh-achieving students from low-income backgrounds aren’t fictitious characters from the Game of Thrones HBO series; they exist — and in much larger numbers t…
The Often Forgotten Voice in Ed Reform
by Ashley Griffin“They don’t listen to us. Even when we fill out surveys and ask for changes, nothing ever does,” a middle school student told me when I asked him if he believe…
