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If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on in the case of the opt-out moms versus the state of Florida, it’s that Michelle Rhea’s daughter can read ju

Sometimes, as a teacher of high school students, I need to remind myself of who I was as a high school student. If memory serves, I was more concerned with

This post is part of a series of posts celebrating students who are making it to and through college with the support of the KIPP charter school network’s

Do your kids go to a good school? “Good” depends on who you ask, of course, but if you’re interested in knowing how well a school is helping kids pass read

There’s nothing quite like walking around with former First Lady Michelle Obama when she’s meeting students for the first time. I’ve seen her stroll across

“I could never make it there,” they said. “I am just not smart enough,” they explained. Those were some of the comments I heard from students in my high sc

“But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   We weren’t exactly singing “kumbaya” when i

At 23 years old Alisha Thomas Morgan became the first African-American to represent Cobb County in the Georgia House of Representatives. During her 12 year

Some states may be setting themselves up to fail. That’s my takeaway after reading through a summary of state education plans for dealing with schools that