This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the killing of George Floyd, issues centered around law enforcement have been put in the spotlight, thrust front and center. Protesters have all but begged those in charge —…
Perhaps one of the biggest lessons California’s schools have learned during the pandemic is to rethink how we build and maintain our schools. It is time to build more green…
There is a demographic mismatch between teachers and students across California’s public schools. The most recent data from the California Department of Education indicated that while 77% of students are…
In 2019, a group of eager tribal members approached the Waccamaw Siouan leaders, proposing the start of a STEM education initiative in the tribal community called STEM Studio. The most recent…
About three-fourths of the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s membership — composed largely of college enrollment officials and high school counselors — are White, according to a new report…
For more than a year, news headlines have chronicled a staggering drop in student test scores, particularly in math. The pattern has been consistent across states. In Massachusetts, 37,000 more kids need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Authors of history textbooks writing about the failed insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021 must not ignore the event’s white supremacist underpinnings. The influence of white supremacy on American history has…
Staffing shortages are straining school communities around the country, even as new variants of COVID-19 make the pathway forward uncertain. Schools can use federal funds to create long-term solutions to…
The pandemic’s traumas and isolation spurred a mental health crisis among children — and an unprecedented reckoning about the role schools can and should play in tending to the mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a palpable digital divide in the United States. A report from the Pew Research Center found that there are currently two camps when it comes to digital competency. According…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What if one of the answers to reducing inequality and addressing mental health concerns among young children is as simple as providing more opportunities to play? A growing body of…
For years, schools have drilled into parents that attendance is an important factor in student achievement. But amid the 2021-22 school year’s rocky trajectory, marked by staff shortages, quarantines, and…