During their senior year, all scholars at all of Democracy Prep’s schools take a rigorous year-long course called Sociology of Change. For the first half o
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In the past several years, right-leaning education reformers have been contemptuous of—and frustrated by—progressives who brought a justice orientation int
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It’s no secret that pandemic isolation has hit hard—maybe even hardest—on young children and their caregivers. Young children are wired to be with people:
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With the help of ARP, the Department of Education will now be able to offer states more flexibility, allowing schools to spend more of the federal dollars on technology for distance learning.
Read More9 Tips for Helping Your Students Become Activists
A critical part of education includes responding to the problems around us. We can do that in many ways in our schools and our classrooms. One way is by he
Read MoreMeet Two Teachers Learning to Center Their Students’ Identities Without Losing Sight of Their Own
Lindsay Singer and Ashley McCall are both third grade teachers at Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Chicago. Lindsay teaches mathematics and in
Read More7 Steps to Help You Implement Trauma-Informed Practices at Your School
The only way to implement something well is through trial and error. In 2017, I proposed to my principal that teachers should adapt to trauma-informed educ
Read MoreDon’t Buy Into the Hype Around Learning Loss
I get it: “learning loss” is scary. Considering the unprecedented overuse of the word “unprecedented” to describe what our nation’s K-12 education system h
Read MoreThe FCC Can Help End Digital Segregation Now by Expanding E-Rate
Exactly 60 years ago, James Baldwin wrote in Esquire magazine that “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be po
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