Why I Teach Where I Teach: Increasing Levels of Professional Autonomy and Commitment to Community
Justin Robinson is a seventh-grade teacher at Samuel P. Massie Academy in Maryland, where more than 75 percent of…
Keep Empowering Parents to Show That All Kids Matter
Posted by Gwen Samuel.Parents, especially low-income and of color, understand more and more the importance of data, so why…
Pa. schools are the nation’s most inequitable. The new governor wants to fix that.
Posted by Emma Brown.PHILADELPHIA — At Martin Luther King High, a hulking half-full school here, there aren’t enough textbooks…
Students’ Race Affects How Teachers Judge Misbehavior, Study Says
Racial disparities in school discipline are well-documented: According to recent studies,students of color are disciplined and taken out of…
Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Achievement for Low-Income Students and Students of Color
National Association of Black Journalists; Inaugural Institute on EducationCharlotte, NC Download Presentation …
As ESEA Turns 50, the Fate of Our Most Vulnerable Students Hangs in the Balance
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), there is no question that…
The bill to revise No Child Left Behind is deficient
Washington Post Editorial, April 10, 2015A BIPARTISAN senate bill to revise No Child Left Behind preserves annual testing of…
Why Teach Where I Teach: Diversity With Splash of Arts Integration
DeMarcus Lewis, a seventh-grade educator, teaches global studies at Wiley H. Bates Middle School, a performing and visual arts…
Teachers as Civic Leaders
Faced with sniffling kindergarteners who can barely sit in their chairs, it can sometimes be difficult to see them…
No Child Left Behind Overhaul Should Keep States Accountable
The No Child Left Behind Act, a product of good bipartisan intentions and bad legislative drafting, is closer than…
School Superintendents’ Association Pushes Congress on NCLB Rewrite
In an unprecedented move by the nation's public school superintendents' groups at both the state and national level, AASA,…
Grade-Span Tests Are Not The Answer
Desmond came up to me on his way out of my 6th grade science class. He asked, "How come…
17-year-old NY student accepted at all 8 Ivy League schools
ELMONT, N.Y. — Elmont High School senior Harold Ekeh had a plan — he would apply to 13 colleges,…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Give My Students the Same Opportunities My Teachers Gave Me
April Greene is a third-grade English language arts teacher at The Walker-Jones Education Campus in Washington, D.C., where she…
Do not abandon No Child Left Behind
Do not abandon No Child Left BehindWashington Post Editorial, March 28, 2015U.S. EDUCATION officials in February had some modestly…
Achievement and Opportunity in America (and New Mexico): Where Are We? What Can We Do?
Kati HaycockLeadership New MexicoHobbs, New Mexico …
Funding Gaps 2015
In “Funding Gaps 2015,” we use the latest available data to analyze funding disparities across the nation and within…
Ordinary People Extraordinary Results
Kati HaycockThe Education Trust 2013 National ConferenceBaltimore, Maryland …
America has no kids to spare
All of our children deserve an equal chance to succeed. Being the nation we’re meant to be — the…