Four members of Chiefs for Change recently participated in a panel discussion at the National Charter Schools Conference hosted by the National Alliance fo
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After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One
I embraced education reform to strengthen schools, not to weaken unions, so I am not especially happy about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME.
Read MoreAmerica Promises Equal Opportunity But It’s a Complete Lie
Schools are where we’re supposed to find equal opportunity. Instead we find a sorting system that magnifies inequality. In fact, schools ration out opportu
Read MoreWhy We’ve Got to Talk About Race If We Want to Achieve Education Equity
Our inability as a nation to engage in difficult conversations about race has left us with a lack of agreement on how to define equity. Yes, equity is abou
Read MoreReal Educational Equity Isn’t Going to Just Happen in Schools
Those of us in the education and learning fields are focused on developing ways to reduce the persistent educational inequities that harm low-income studen
Read MoreI Just Traveled the Entire Country and Found One Thing We Teachers Can Agree On
A few weeks ago, I visited the classroom of Stefan Lawrence, a high school English teacher at Carver High School in Columbus, Georgia. Although I only had
Read MoreThank You to All the Teachers Who Know That We Can’t Have Equity Without Love
I come from nothing. I was reminded of this at a tense board meeting in which a member from the community, upset with my opinion on something, shouted out,
Read MoreWhy Are White People So Afraid of Immigrant Kids?
Not long ago I was in Wilmington, Delaware—reporting another story—and I visited Academia Antonia Alonso, a two-way dual immersion charter school where ove
Read MoreEpisode 09: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s Assassination
In this episode, Ikhlas and Lane are joined by the founder of Campaign for School Equity, Mendell Grinter, to commemorate the date of Dr. Martin Luther Kin
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