Democrats Won't Dictate Where My Black Children Go to School

Democrats Won’t Dictate Where My Black Children Go to School

“What you not gone do…”—An African American proverb Last week, Democrats for Education Reform released polling data that show what Black parents of schoo

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Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

I don’t know about you, but I can’t just sit by and watch. It’s time for action. The latest battleground in the national war on charter schools is Californ

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They’re Trying to Ban Charter Schools in California. Here’s Why That Matters.

About two years ago this time I had to write an explainer piece when the NAACP pushed for a moratorium on public charter schools. The reason? “While there

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When It Comes to Charter Schools, Bernie Sanders Needs to Learn From Black Families

When It Comes to Charter Schools, Bernie Sanders Needs to Learn From Black Families

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he would use his power and platform to temporarily ban Black families from exercising the right to make choices

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Education Post Network of Advocates Challenges Bernie Sanders’ Call for Moratorium on Charter School Expansion

Chicago, IL – Despite once confirming support for the public charter schools that serve thousands of students of color, 2020 presidential candidate Bernie

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I Came to the U.S. at 13 and Now I'm Headed to UC Santa Barbara to Become a Mechanical Engineer

I Came to the U.S. at 13 and Now I’m Headed to UC Santa Barbara to Become a Mechanical Engineer

I was anxious, nervous and excited. At the age of 13, I was finally going to meet my mother. I was born in Los Angeles, but raised in Mexico by my grandpar

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I’m Headed to Stanford on a Full-Tuition Scholarship and I Have My Public Charter School to Thank for That

“Education is the way out of poverty and into a better life.” For years, my family harped on this mantra in hopes of providing me opportunities they didn’t

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You Can’t Have Quality Educational Opportunities and Cap School Choice

You Can’t Have Quality Educational Opportunities and Cap School Choice

I’ll just come out and say it: You can’t be for expanding access to quality educational opportunities and be in favor of capping charter schools. You can’t

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With Humility and Hope, I’m Passing the Torch

With Humility and Hope, I’m Passing the Torch

Five years ago, I was invited to create a communications organization to foster dialogue around the need for improving public education, especially as it a

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