Politics

Being one of the best small forwards in the NBA, LeBron James has recorded more than his fair share of assists on the basketball court. He’s about to start

A recent report from The Associated Press has been turning heads about the link between charter schools and segregation. According to the report, “charter

It’s getting uncomfortable out there. Amidst a national period of divisiveness and polarization, “edu-politics,” the politics of public education, is in a

At the end of my first year of teaching, Maria, one of my sixth-graders, wrote this to me: Before you, school just wasn’t my thing. But you showed me that

“You’re from Chicago—you can’t tell us anything about Nashville!” This is what I’m expecting to hear from the anti-reform people who read this blog. But th

Closing bad schools is tough even when it’s the right thing to do. Now, misleading reports on a new study are going to make that process even more difficul

I have spent the last 15 years of my life committed to serving students across Chicago as a teacher and a leader. But today, I am writing as the mother of

I attended a predominantly Latino grammar school. We were all friends for the most part—the Black students, Mexican students and the few White students tha

“The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources, because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.” —Lyndon B. Johnson