Politics

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

Reyna Morales lives in Oakland, California, and is the parent of two students at a high-performing charter school located in an area with a dearth of quali

On January 6, as my students were learning about the history of trench warfare during World War I, I had no idea that our own Capitol was under attack―and

A war has been waging in my home state of Illinois, and the battle lines have been drawn. In one corner of the ring—the “uber leftists” who justify the nee

“Don’t talk politics and religion at the dinner table.”  I presume I’m not the only one who was brought up with this unspoken rule. With a politically-neut

The certification of the electoral votes from the 2020 election was already going to be a contentious issue, but the events that transpired go far beyond p

On the afternoon of last Wednesday’s attempted insurrection at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Twitter was a refuge. While living and workin

This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, educators nationwide, and the world over, have had to adapt how they provide services to children and families.

Which of the following is too political to be displayed in a public school teacher’s classroom? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are c