America’s Rural Schools May Not Be Tragic, but They Have Known Tragedy

America’s Rural Schools May Not Be Tragic, but They Have Known Tragedy

Maybe this is the turning point.  Education advocacy is exhausting — particularly in rural communities like mine, where our opportunities are limited and o

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Families Can't Afford for Schools to Continue to Treat Students With Disabilities Like an Afterthought

Families Can’t Afford for Schools to Continue to Treat Students With Disabilities Like an Afterthought

Every single thing we do is challenging. My kids are being forgotten. That’s Keri Akkawi, a Philadelphia mom of two boys with Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic

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How Open Educational Resources Can Boost Equity in the Wake of the Pandemic

How Open Educational Resources Can Boost Equity in the Wake of the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the profound inequities in education, especially for Black and brown students. The upheaval of the past y

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Q&A: New Orleans Is Taking a New Approach to Find Its Next Superintendent

Q&A: New Orleans Is Taking a New Approach to Find Its Next Superintendent

Ethan Ashley is the president of the Orleans Parish School Board, which regained full control of New Orleans public schools on July 1, 2018. New Orleans is

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4 Tips to Help Parents Navigate These Traumatic Times

4 Tips to Help Parents Navigate These Traumatic Times

How many times have we heard it said that “these are unprecedented times?” That statement may have provided some comfort at the start of the pandemic, but

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More Than One Million Parents Voted With Their Feet to Choose the Best Option For Their Family

More Than One Million Parents Voted With Their Feet to Choose the Best Option For Their Family

A new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) finds that enrollment in district public schools dropped 3% from school years 20

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4 Ways Administrators Can Better Support Teachers This Year

4 Ways Administrators Can Better Support Teachers This Year

Teachers are walking away from education, but the pandemic has accelerated the exit of some educators. I have spoken to several principals who have not fil

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Dr. Avis Williams

Q&A: Selma’s Superintendent Keeps Kids Learning, Even as COVID Rages

How did this native of Salisbury, North Carolina who joined the army right out of high school end up as a nationally recognized school leader and a member of the Chiefs for Change Future Chiefs leadership development program?

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When We Talk Masks and Vaccines, Let's Stop Talking Politics and Focus on Health and Safety

When We Talk Masks and Vaccines, Let’s Stop Talking Politics and Focus on Health and Safety

Some folx want to make getting vaccinated and wearing masks into a political issue  —  we’re seeing that all over — but it really isn’t about politics. I d

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