Special Education

Okay, so I’m not a parent—yet. But every day I read so many inspiring stories of parents from around the country demanding better schools for their childre

Eight years ago, America was facing one of the worst economic crises in our history. An optimistic young president swept into office and set to work rebuil

There is no historian of American education I admire more than Diane Ravitch; her fair-minded scholarship has inspired me throughout my career. How painful

This is the second part of a four-part series on the writer’s experience and research on the achievement gap in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois, a diver

Teacher training in the U.S. has been a crapshoot. Because when you’re hiring first year teachers, sometimes you say “crap” and other times you say “shoot.

Late last month, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Superintendent Antwan Wilson was nominated to become the new school chief of D.C. Public Schools. T

As we head to the polls to vote in our next president, education advocates, like me, are still wondering why neither major candidate has made equitable fun

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Two years ago in an Education Trust article, Blair Mann outlined the difference between equity and equality when it comes to student funding and why they a