Achievement Gap

About two years ago this time I had to write an explainer piece when the NAACP pushed for a moratorium on public charter schools. The reason? “While there

I don’t know about you, but I can’t just sit by and watch. It’s time for action. The latest battleground in the national war on charter schools is Californ

A super selective public high school in New York handed out acceptance letters to 895 kids like how Oprah was handing out cars to her audience members back

On a cold December evening in Gwinnett County, Georgia, my mother and I rushed to find good seats in the auditorium of the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional

Yeah, I said it. All week, on social media and news outlets, there’s been coverage of Virginia’s Governor, Ralph Northam, denying claims of wearing blackfa

Last month I kicked off a training on ways to use language as an asset to unleash the critical thinking potential of English learners with a question: Why

School districts around the country are doing away with homework, according to the latest education headlines. But research clearly shows that the solution

Outrage: Black Kids Are Dumb, Poor and Incapable of Success Do y’all remember the line from “The Color Purple,” “I’m poor, I’m Black…I may even be ugly.

My son is a freshman in high school and this felt like my first report card pick up all over again. While I have access to all his grades and consistent pr