Educational Opportunity

I’ve had the chance to travel a lot in my work as an educator and activist, and frequently I find myself in what I call the “too-expensive-for-Black folks”

On the day that the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was taken in 1968, he had become increasingly focused on the least of these, the poor, people suffer

Where do Democratic candidates stand on public education? After last month’s Forum on Education, we know that the candidates are committed to increasing th

I’m a Sam Seaborn Democrat. As the idealistic West Wing character once said:  Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little

WHAT WE GOT WRONG: When I returned to Education Post in May, my charge was to help us clarify our vision and set us in a new direction. I thought a lot about what would be the cardinal question to help us stay focused on what matters most, and that question became the headline for my weekly communications: “How are the children?”

WHAT WE GOT WRONG: Many years ago, back in 2014, when the world was young and American politics had not yet gone wholly off the rails, I launched a policy research team to focus on young English learners (ELs). “Around one in 10 American students is formally classified as a language learner, and almost one in four American children speaks a language other than English at home,” I wrote in a brief announcing the new effort.

While watching the Public Education Forum 2020 on Saturday, one phrase caught my attention: Democratic “hopefuls,” referring to the presidential candidates

The Democratic party once embraced charter schools as a tool for equity and opportunity. Now, as Andre Perry points out in his recent op-ed, “Support for c

When eight Democratic presidential candidates appear on stage in Pittsburgh this Saturday, most—if not all—will echo teachers unions’ animus towards charte