Let’s Cancel Roseanne and Then Cancel These Haters Who Want to Block Our Way to Better Schools

Hope: #ByeRoseanne in the Classroom Roseanne is the second person in TV history to get fired on her day off (people who have seen the movie “Friday” know w

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Coffee Break: Yamuna Menon on Connecticut Choice and Cinnabon Coffee

It’s been a four-year dry spell for charter schools in Connecticut. Yamuna Menon is working to put an end to that. As Northeast Charter Schools Network Con

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Most of My Students Didn’t Know Any College Graduates But That’s Not Stopping Them From Going to College

“I can’t believe they picked me.” That’s what Keaton Hall, a senior at Uncommon Schools Rochester Prep High School, said to me on FaceTime when he called m

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All This Integration Talk Is Distracting Us From Giving Black Families Better Schools

Last week the Journey for Justice Alliance released a report called “Failing Brown v. Board.” The report is a direct attack on public charter schools and “

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Reflections on Edu-Journalism on the Eve of EWA

This week, education writers meet in Los Angeles for an annual conference. Their work is read by millions of people every day and shared widely through dig

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My High School Was an Unusual Place, But It Was the Perfect Fit for Me

Most runners will tell you that finding the perfect pair of running shorts constitutes a special and all too rare victory. As a runner myself, I have exper

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Charter Schools Are Full of Amazing Stories, We Just Need to Tell Them

I have one of the best jobs in the world. All year long, I work to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of schools, organizations and individuals who m

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How My School Helped Me Find My Way in America, Raise Two Children and Be the First in My Family to Graduate

I was born in Congo in 1994 in the war that killed 5 million people. My family migrated to Rwanda to a refugee camp where I spent the first 18 years of my

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My Son’s School Gives Him the Choice I Never Had

During National Public Charter Schools Week, parents, students, educators and local leaders come together to showcase the academic successes of charter sch

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