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The angry protestors are coming for public statues of historic Americans as diverse as Confederate traitors like Robert E. Lee and slave-owning American fo

“You can be anything you want to be when you grow up!” That’s what we tell our kids, and we encourage them to do well in school so those big dreams can com

My family was supposed to move back South this summer. That was the plan as soon as we left back in 2017.  I will never forget the day my life changed. Sit

Last Sunday educators, students, and families marched in Philadelphia demanding a long overdue anti-racist action in the city’s schools, insisting that ant

This school year was challenging for all of us, including our immigrant students and families. As New York City became the national epicenter of COVID-19 a

This week, the school reopening conversation is largely about when we reopen schools. Some people, including our president, want schools to reopen widely,

After four years of being a largely forgotten policy area, PK-12 education suddenly became a national priority last week. Under ordinary circumstances, thi

I’m afraid of COVID-19. So are you. And so is everyone else. Fear is the only rational response given the current pandemic. Yet fear can be paralyzing and

When I ran for school board it was the former Minneapolis mayor who was the first elected official to endorse me. She asked me a lot of questions, offered