Poverty

This post is part of a two-part series on what it means to be in a “good school.” Read the second part here on how “good schools” should reflect the divers

Every day I drove to hospice, I stared at the painful reminders of school inequities. In the week that led up to losing my grandmother, I drove through Chi

In January, Constance Brewer was named president of the Noble Network of Charter Schools, which serves more than 12,000 students on 18 high school campuses

Does being me give me an advantage in my inner-city classroom? I often reflect on this question because every school year I learn from a handful of student

I am not an avid comic book reader. In fact, I don’t think I own any at all. But I’m going to see the film based on Marvel superhero “Black Panther,” if fo

As we celebrate Black History Month and pay homage to our milestones, I reflect on my time inside the classroom. As an African-American woman my purpose in

Here in the United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave, we believe in equality. For education, that means if all students are expecte

It may be strange to say, but, as a teacher, I feel totally disconnected from the seemingly weekly occurrence that is the horror of mass murder in our nati

Blue School Partners are doing great things in the Denver area. I recently had a chance to speak with their CEO, Nate Easley, about their mission and strat