7:00 a.m. Waking up as an 8-year-old, I got out of bed and proceeded to the bathroom to brush my teeth. The entire morning I had chills throughout my spine
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Here’s What I Learned After My Son Faced Implicit Racial Bias in Kindergarten
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This is the fourth part of a four-part series on the writer’s experience and research on the achievement gap in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois, a diver
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In 2006, I graduated from Hazelwood Central High School in St. Louis County. Up until I turned 16, and later sometimes to save on gas money, I remember tak
Read More9 Stories of Parents Demanding Better Schools in 2016
Okay, so I’m not a parent—yet. But every day I read so many inspiring stories of parents from around the country demanding better schools for their childre
Read MoreHow My Guidance Counselor Changed My Life Between First and Second Period
I was rushing to second period when my counselor asked, “Did you send your application to Dartmouth yet?” stopping to interrogate me in the hall. In my min
Read MoreCoffee Break: Priscilla Agbeo on Loving Her ‘Blackness’ From Chicago to Stanford
Priscilla Agbeo is a junior at Stanford University, where she is focused on African and African American studies. She is also a woman of color—an African i
Read MoreHere’s One Thing We Can Do to Retain Teachers of Color
As a third-year teacher in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), I’ve already thought about leaving the profession. Since middle school, I always wanted to be a te
Read MoreThe Obama Legacy: Equity in Education
Eight years ago, America was facing one of the worst economic crises in our history. An optimistic young president swept into office and set to work rebuil
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