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Explore how standardized tests shape schools, spark debate, and impact student success. Get clear on the facts in this essential read.

Black and brown children need schools that honor their identities and potential. This post explores the power of self-determined education, collective responsibility, and community-led learning.

In a time of political urgency and educational inequity, we must reclaim the arts as a force for justice. Reflecting on the role of art in social movements, this post calls for a revival of resistance through the arts in our schools.

American education is addicted to failure narratives—yet real success stories are happening every day. It’s time we studied what works with the same urgency we study what’s broken.

Title I Funding, the primary federal source of school funding receives more funds than charter schools. Click now to learn more school funding history.

Learn why teachers of color are more likely to fall through the cracks in every step of the educational pipeline and why significant changes need to be made.

Malcolm X’s 100th birthday demands more than celebration—it calls us to protect the brilliance of Black youth that the system still tries to erase.

100 years after Malcolm X’s birth, his legacy challenges today’s whitewashed classrooms and reminds us why truth in education is still a radical act.

Public trust in U.S. democracy is collapsing, and failing schools are part of the reason. Progressives must go beyond book ban outrage and vague funding promises. They need a bold K–12 reform agenda to rebuild trust, equity, and real results.