Achievement Gap

Recently, I shared with a colleague that I was about to start my new job as an assistant professor of education, assisting first-year teachers as they emba

When I was in middle school, it was pretty clear what my teachers thought of me. I was placed in the slow track, literally named the “Delta” group, as oppo

Molly Cole, founding principal of Brooke East Boston Charter School, was honored this school year with the Ryan Award for exceptional school leadership, a

Effective early childhood education paves the way for school success and better life chances. This is a well-researched fact. Yet, a high percentage of you

Sometimes no progress represents real progress, especially when you’re talking about an urban school district roiled by financial woes and a national exam

Hard decisions are not new to me, but in the past seven years, decisions about where to send my daughter for elementary and middle school have been among m

Two former U.S. secretaries of education, Margaret Spellings, who served under President George W. Bush, and Arne Duncan, who served under President Barack

Every state uses standardized tests to find out how students in public schools are doing. Federal law requires it. But why? And how do standardized tests a

As a first-year teacher of students with disabilities in a large urban district, I faced huge inequities that even other teachers and principals overlooked