This morning, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered a keynote address at the Brookings Institution for the Center on Children and Families’ release of
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Who Needs Selective Enrollment When Your Neighborhood High School Has an IB Program
This is a stressful time for many urban eighth-grade students and parents who are considering high school options, and hearing from public schools about ac
Read MoreThis Rural Town Shows the Real Costs of Our Broken School Funding System
These days, the small town of Sandoval, Illinois, is mostly known for being a few miles away from Patoka, where the famed Keystone XL pipeline ends after m
Read MoreLocal Property Taxes Will Never Be an Equitable Way to Fund Public Schools, But Here’s Something We Could Change Now That Would Help
A new report from EdBuild, Building Equity: Fairness in Property Tax Effort for Education, analyzes the way public schools are funded via property taxes an
Read MoreAnalyzing High School Performance State-by-State Is Like Comparing Bananas to Bowling Balls
I know we’re all supposed to be on the “local control” bandwagon when it comes to setting school accountability standards, but a recent report made it crys
Read MoreThe Greatest Teaching Tool a School Can Have? Love.
To commemorate Black History Month, Education Post is featuring stories from parents, students and educators that connect past to present in the continued
Read MoreWe’ve Got to Stop Lumping All Asian-Americans Together
Being lumped into the “model minority” myth hurts AAPI students particularly and perpetuates the inability of schools to meet individual educational needs.
Read MoreI’m Frustrated by the Way Education Reformers Talk About Race and Social Justice
On January 25, I had the honor of sitting on one of two panels on “Race, Social Justice and Education Reform,” co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institu
Read MoreWhat The Atlantic Got Wrong About Charter Schools and Segregation
George Joseph’s article, What Betsy DeVos Didn’t Say About School Choice, claims that charter schools “have pushed more low-income, minority students into
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