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Minnesota’s state teachers union recently produced a report that calls for action on an issue that hits home for me as a teacher of color: increasing teach

All eyes are on Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) plans for a one-day strike on Friday. Parents are scrambling to find place

Common Core implementation is not an apples-to-apples comparison, or even an apples-to-oranges comparison. Rather it’s a big messy fruit salad, and unfortu

The potential of charter schools in rural communities is often bypassed in discussions around education. Charter schools are achieving impressive gains, bu

Here’s Donald Trump, America’s likely Republican presidential nominee, describing his vision of the federal role in public education: I’m not cutting servi

I recently had my developmental (remedial) English students complete an essay assignment that required them to read and respond to an editorial in The New

This election season, discussions on education policy have been scarce, with issues in k-12 education almost non-existent. Republican candidates have focus

During the 2016 presidential election cycle, inequality—both racial and economic—has been a hot topic for both parties. As candidates debate the factors th

Successions are often tough times for schools of all kinds. When one principal leaves and another takes over, everything changes—for good or bad. Making th