We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids

We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids

One year ago, my now-kindergartener left his bustling and diverse transitional kindergarten classroom with sensory learning areas designed for academic and

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This Teacher Uses the Beatles To Teach His Students Latin

This Teacher Uses the Beatles To Teach His Students Latin

We value innovation here at Education Post, and New Jersey teacher Keith Andrew Massey is chock full of it.  Massey teaches Latin. We’re still living throu

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Following the Chauvin Trial Is Traumatic. Don't Turn Away.

Following the Chauvin Trial Is Traumatic. Don’t Turn Away.

When we bear witness, when we become the situation—homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death—the right action arises by itself. We don’t have to worr

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Here's How Culturally Sustaining Curriculum Roots Students in a Legacy of Strength

Here’s How Culturally Sustaining Curriculum Roots Students in a Legacy of Strength

I started my teaching career teaching music. I’d been a professional musician for a decade—performing, touring and recording jazz and Latin music. With som

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Y'all Know These Schools Got Derek Chauvins and Bystander Cops Too Right?

Y’all Know These Schools Got Derek Chauvins and Bystander Cops Too Right?

Can we get into this conversation about how school districts, teachers unions and police unions are triplets? Because they all have the exact same DNA when

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Parent Partnerships Are Key to Student Success

Parent Partnerships Are Key to Student Success

The Center for Universal Education at Brookings recently released survey results about parents’ beliefs and goals for their children’s education. Almost 25

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Schools Need to Teach the Hard History of Asian Americans

Schools Need to Teach the Hard History of Asian Americans

Like so many Asian Americans, I was not surprised when I heard the news that the mass shooting in Atlanta targeted six Asian American women. I was angry—an

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It's Time to Add Multicultural Literature to the Academic Equation

It’s Time to Add Multicultural Literature to the Academic Equation

The teaching population in the United States is 87% white female, the typical educator a blonde or brunette under the age of 35. Dominating the teaching in

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Want to Build Anti-Racist Schools? Start With the Adults.

Want to Build Anti-Racist Schools? Start With the Adults.

The past year has put an intense spotlight on the racism and inequities that plague American schools. It has also inspired leaders and educators to embrace

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