School choice critics are ignoring one of the world’s most progressive documents which strongly endorses parent rights to choose the kind of education they
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There is a crisis in California’s public education system. According to teachers unions and the NAACP, the crisis involves an attempted takeover of the pub
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Earlier this year, I wrote about dual-language programs in New York City schools, and who really benefits from them. Is it the non-English speakers that Ch
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No one likes to read hit pieces that attack the work and the integrity of the people we care about and it is especially annoying when the attack dogs get t
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In his recent response to a David Brooks column, Fordham’s Robert Pondiscio writes about the language of privilege in the United States and argues that kid
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Denver’s DSST charter schools are one of the nation’s premiere secondary school networks. Led by longtime CEO Bill Kurtz, DSST has expanded steadily in Den
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Vanessa Rodriguez has deep experience working with the students of New York City. She started her career as a bilingual teacher at a Bronx elementary schoo
Read MoreI Never Thought I’d Be Legally Allowed to Stay in This Country. Now I’m a Teacher.
I never thought I’d get here. I never thought I’d be legally allowed to stay in this country, be a college graduate or be a teacher. Coming originally from
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