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As the calendar turns to April, I typically end up asking myself the same question every school year—“will they remember?” In my case, that question is a r

Kasserianingera, this is a greeting of the Masai people of Africa, simply translated as, “And how are the children?” Because the Masai place their children

The last week was stressful for all of us educators, and the coming weeks will provide us with even more challenges, I’m sure.  This is my first year teach

AP (advanced placement) classes are designed for students to fail.  In 2018, just over 50% of New York City public school students who took one or more AP

The promise of public education is that it prepares young people for life—and the commitments we have made to meet this aspiration have dramatically increa

WHAT WE GOT RIGHT: The spin never stops when it comes to education and it goes into overdrive with the close of a decade. Amidst all the hype of a lost decade and the need for humility from education reformers, I see a glass way more than half full.

As he moves around his seventh grade math classroom, Aurum Preparatory Academy (“Aurum Prep”) teacher, Salif Doubare, is crackling with energy. He’s tall,

Articles on the release of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores rang an alarm of familiar decline: “Math scores remained relatively

This week marks the 40th anniversary of President Jimmy Carter signing the legislation that authorized him to create the U.S. Department of Education (ED).