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I want to take a moment to shout out all the first-year teachers out there who made it through what was, in all likelihood, one of the most difficult years

As noted in a May 26 Washington Post article, Paul Kihn, Washington, D.C.’s deputy mayor for education (DME), wrote a memo to the D.C. Public Charter Schoo

The question must be asked: What do we have to do to get school districts to follow the law and give students who are disabled the services they are legall

While attending a local charity event, it happened. It’s the moment every teacher dreads. It’s the unexpected scenario that stops us in our tracks as embar

The children of 1960s-era civil rights-leading parents, my siblings and I were always told that the key to success in life is education. Amid marching with

Last week, a group of Californians got what Dolly Hunt called their “Martin Luther King moment.” https://twitter.com/PeeplesChoice85/status/113123755636697

I teach English Language Arts to high school students in Washington, D.C. All of my students are students of color. While bright and talented, many struggl

Earlier this month, the fire alarm went off at my school as students were entering the building in the morning. For most people, this signifies something m

Recently, when I announced the release of my newest book on charter schools, a woman I know from the gym wrote me: “So sorry, Sarah—but as a PUBLIC SCHOOL