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
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Coffee Break: Check Out Nate Easley’s New Plan for Creating More Great Public Schools in Denver
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
Read MoreFamilies in Chicago Just Had a Huge Victory But Now the Real Work Begins
Yesterday, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Janice Jackson announced that three of the four high schools proposed to be closed in the South Side Englewood
Read MoreParents Know the Answers, We Just Have to Listen to Them
For the last two years, New Schools for Chicago has been helping thousands of families on the South and West Sides of Chicago to find their ideal public sc
Read MoreCalling Out Silence on the D.C. Graduation Scandal
The selective outrage of partisan ideologues in the education space is a well-known phenomenon and nowhere is that more on display than in the muted reacti
Read MoreCoffee Break: This Florida Educator Has Opened Her County’s Doors to the World
Leslie Brown is Chief Portfolio Services Officer for Broward County Public Schools in Florida. She is also part of the Future Chiefs program with Chiefs fo
Read MoreThe Office for Civil Rights Needs to Listen to Teachers Like Me on School Discipline
As a school-based social worker for over eight years, I know firsthand how punitive discipline practices impact students both in the short and long term. I
Read MoreIf 12,000 Families Didn’t Want School Choice, We Wouldn’t Be Here
Every morning, I come to work thinking about our students. Not politics, or rhetoric, or the news. Just our students—all 12,000 of them. They come from eve
Read MoreNew Mexico’s Kids Deserve Great Public Schools So We’re Launching NewMexicoKidsCAN
So many things make New Mexico enchanting. There are sunsets over the Sandia Mountains, adobe buildings with hundred-year histories, lush green bosque surr
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