I Survived Columbine. Here Is What Got Me Through the Healing Process.

I Survived Columbine. Here Is What Got Me Through the Healing Process.

I didn’t want to go to school that day. Actually, I just didn’t want to go to math class. We had a test and I wasn’t ready. By the time that class period h

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Education Post to Welcome Chris Stewart as New CEO

Aims to Re-energize Education Advocates with Focus on Better Student Outcomes Chicago, IL –  Education Post, a media project of the Results in Education Fo

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20 Years After Columbine, I Still Have to Worry About My Students’ Safety

Before I left school yesterday, I looked at my classroom. Not to check and make sure the floor was clean, or to look for coats left behind, water bottles o

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With Humility and Hope, I’m Passing the Torch

With Humility and Hope, I’m Passing the Torch

Five years ago, I was invited to create a communications organization to foster dialogue around the need for improving public education, especially as it a

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Every Student Wants to Learn, We Just Need to Teach Them

Every Student Wants to Learn, We Just Need to Teach Them

Anyone who has spent time around young children knows how curious and wonder-filled they are. When my son was 5, we’d drive around and he would ask about t

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Groundbreaking Change Is Happening in the Education Space With Black and Brown Leaders at the Forefront

Groundbreaking Change Is Happening in the Education Space With Black and Brown Leaders at the Forefront

We’ve got 22 million Black and Latino students in our schools, but there are relatively few teachers of color in the classroom. Dozens, maybe hundreds, of

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It’s Time to Charge the Hill, Plant the Flag and Stand Up for Kids. Again.

It’s Time to Charge the Hill, Plant the Flag and Stand Up for Kids. Again.

Several years ago I went to Chicago to meet the founder of a newly formed education nonprofit that was still housed in a nondescript, temporary location. O

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Episode 26: Making Sex With Students a Crime (ft. Erika Sanzi)

In this episode, Erika Sanzi joins us to discuss the Rhode Island house bill (HB 5817) that would make sex between school employees and students a crime. W

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How Educators Can Keep Their Kids Stress-Free and Learning

How Educators Can Keep Their Kids Stress-Free and Learning

Trauma is a silent, but very prevalent problem in the classrooms of today. In fact, recent reports by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admini

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