The Lincoln High School Alumni Support Tour was born from the struggles we saw in our first-generation college students. Over the last decade we’ve built a
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Black Teachers Are Tired of Feeling Tolerated. We Want to Feel Empowered, Supported and Celebrated.
Where are all the Black teachers? This is a question I’ve asked myself and others for the last few years now. But it wasn’t until recently that the answer
Read MoreI Did Everything I Could to Reach This Student But I Still Lost Him to the Streets
Three years ago this September, Marquise* walked in on the opening day of school at Baker College Prep and carried himself with the quiet confidence of a l
Read MoreI Thought People Like Me Didn’t Go to Ivy League Schools. I Proved Myself Wrong.
Last year, during my senior year at IDEA Quest College Preparatory in Edinburg, Texas, I asked my brother, Danny, where I should apply to college. “Princet
Read MoreCharter Schools Offer a Chance for Unions To Work For Teachers and Students
Oakland blogger Dirk Tillotson wrote this provocative piece suggesting that unions and charters could actually be good for each other. Currently, about 12
Read MoreWe Got Our Hands on Unionized Charter School Teacher Contracts and Here’s What We Found
Oakland blogger Dirk Tillotson wrote this provocative piece suggesting that unions and charters could actually be good for each other. Currently, about 12
Read MoreThe Ogden-Jenner School Merger Should Happen. Period.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will soon make a decision that will either allow it to leverage itself as a true champion for racial integration or affirm its
Read MoreCoffee Break: BIE’s Brad Jupp on Native American Education, Embracing Tribal Culture and Sharing Stories of Hope
Brad Jupp is a former teacher with the Denver Public Schools who worked in the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration. More recently
Read MoreHere’s the Deal: We Can’t Help Teachers Improve If We Don’t Know What Needs Improving
In an unexpected defense of the Obama administration’s pursuit of a clearer teacher-by-teacher picture of who’s doing a good job educating the nation’s stu
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