This 11-Year-Old Is Begging for a Good Education and a Safe Place to Learn. Something Needs to Change.

This 11-Year-Old Is Begging for a Good Education and a Safe Place to Learn. Something Needs to Change.

Since the release of the blistering Johns Hopkins report on the Providence Public Schools, the new state education commissioner, Angélica Infante Green, an

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A California Charter School Gave Me a Lifeline. Don't Take That Away From Other Students.

A California Charter School Gave Me a Lifeline. Don’t Take That Away From Other Students.

If charter schools had been an option when I was young, I believe my mom would have been wise to choose them for me, given all I went through in those year

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How This Music Program Is Helping Incarcerated Youth Tell Their Stories

How This Music Program Is Helping Incarcerated Youth Tell Their Stories

More than 60,000 young people are incarcerated in secure facilities, residences and group homes, learning in alternative education settings designed to kee

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I Never Thought College Was a Possibility, but With My Parents' Support Everything Changed

I Never Thought College Was a Possibility, but With My Parents’ Support Everything Changed

It is the week before my high school graduation. The final days and hours are ticking away, and I am anxiously awaiting the moment I hear my name, NDRE Tho

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Starting a Debate Team Helped Unlock My Students' Potential and It Can Do the Same for Yours

Starting a Debate Team Helped Unlock My Students’ Potential and It Can Do the Same for Yours

After teaching middle and high school history for almost 15 years, I believe deeply that rigorous history education has the potential to empower young peop

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High School Graduate Tatiana Amaya on Raising Student Voice and Claiming a Seat at the Table

High School Graduate Tatiana Amaya on Raising Student Voice and Claiming a Seat at the Table

Often, you hear about leaders, far earlier than you meet them. Sitting in a café near the school where I lead as principal, Mastery-Shoemaker, I was approa

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Fixing School Discipline Policies Requires Listening and Looking at the Data

Fixing School Discipline Policies Requires Listening and Looking at the Data

Research tells us that despite past efforts of educators and education advocates, Black and Latinx students are still consistently suspended at disproporti

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To Defeat Implicit Bias, Try Project-Based Learning

To Defeat Implicit Bias, Try Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning is a very powerful practice for accelerating important learning for Black, Brown, and low-income kids. It provides “voice and choice

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I Didn't Think I'd Ever Be Able to Afford College, But Now I Have a Full Ride to Brown

I Didn’t Think I’d Ever Be Able to Afford College, But Now I Have a Full Ride to Brown

Growing up in Houston, I knew I was capable enough for college. I earned straight A’s in high school and possessed an insatiable drive to move beyond simpl

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