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As we dive head first into this school year, I urge teachers, parents and leaders to think deeply about the mission of schooling and the mission of teachin

I’m concerned about the growing backlash against what are referred to as “no excuses” schools. Too often, critics depict overly-rigid approaches to discipl

As a teacher who is part of Minnesota’s working group for how the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will be implemented, it’s disappointing that many teach

As I pull up to the juvenile courthouse, my heart fills with anxiety. I’m crushed. How did he sleep last night? Did anyone try to hurt him? Intimidate him?

Bertie Simmons might be America’s oldest high school principal and she also may be its toughest. In 2000, reeling from the recent death of her beloved 16-y

It just so happened that I was at the high school fair in Philadelphia when it came over my Twitter feed that the National Association for the Advancement

Ask any public school parent—including me—about what happens when your child is in the earliest elementary grades, and you may get an earful about what is

I owe you an apology. I watched you show up in Cincinnati, Ohio for the NAACP’s national board meeting, yearning to be heard by board members, prior to the

Well, folks, we’re 288 days into the worst election year of all time but we’ve finally got some answers on education that will knock anything else going on