Teaching

When salary, stress levels and upward mobility are among the top career priorities for millennials, the state of our nation’s teaching profession is more d

Effective early childhood education paves the way for school success and better life chances. This is a well-researched fact. Yet, a high percentage of you

Last year, several of my talented, dedicated colleagues of color announced they were leaving our school, and the news hit some students hard. “Black teache

Hello, class of 2018! Welcome to the last day of your K-12 education and the launch of your adult lives. I know that today is customarily a celebration of

My learning this year has been greatly assisted by a number of students willing to be honest with me. One of them, Alec, is the kind of kid teachers love t

Every state uses standardized tests to find out how students in public schools are doing. Federal law requires it. But why? And how do standardized tests a

As a first-year teacher of students with disabilities in a large urban district, I faced huge inequities that even other teachers and principals overlooked

Last week the Journey for Justice Alliance released a report called “Failing Brown v. Board.” The report is a direct attack on public charter schools and “

Steven was my oversized and freckled first-grade classmate. That basement classroom was bulging with students, with rows of tiny desks brimming with books