Multilingual Learners

The life of a high-powered literary agent in New York City seems about the farthest thing from my life as a teacher serving largely low-income students in

Hello, class of 2018! Welcome to the last day of your K-12 education and the launch of your adult lives. I know that today is customarily a celebration of

I remember the first time I spoke up at a national conference in front of my colleagues. We were at a national meeting of a few hundred urban special educa

I recently visited a high-performing charter school in a low-income urban area. Like so many others—like the one my kids attend in Washington, D.C.—it was

When Rep. Joe Kennedy III gave the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, he of course spoke to the same 320 million i

The big buzz word in New York City education is: Diversity. On October 26, 2017, yet another plan was announced, this time promising to bring diversity to

Budget shortfalls in states are framing a new angle on educational equity conversations. It is no longer simply about what is right, but what is fiscally n

The final compromise that allowed Illinois to implement a new, more equitable education funding formula included a surprise—a 5-year pilot of tax-credit sc

At the age of 2, I left the United States to live in my parents’ native country, Guatemala. I completed my first two years of schooling there. I have warm