This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though about 12 million students in this country still lack any internet access at all—a problem cast into relief during the pandemic—there is good news: That number is steadily shrinking.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Alphonso Richard Jr. walked into his first teacher education course at Clemson University, he experienced a shock. “Being in a class where you’re the only male, I didn’t know…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Hey, I did have one question …” That was the tentative opening to an email I recently received from a high school teacher. The Ninth Candle, the Holocaust education organization I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I was a charter school leader, I constantly heard reformers justify district takeovers, teacher firings, ineffective voucher programs, and abusive “no excuse” discipline policies by saying, “It’s all about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even as students are sorting through information online more than ever, the number of school librarians who could help them learn the fundamentals of research and media literacy have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Adult children’s educational attainment has an impact on their parents’ mental and physical health, according to a new study. The researchers used a new wave of data from a survey…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “There are many reasons that people become activists on social justice issues, but anyone who is familiar with the civil rights movement of the 1960s could tell you that racism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From Hurricane Dorian on the East Coast to tornados in the Midwest to wildfires and earthquakes in California, the threat of a natural disaster is always present in some parts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. So in 2019, Code/Art started training public school art (and some tech) teachers in partnership with the Miami-Dade School District. Teachers who volunteer for the training can satisfy continuing education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Djeneba Sy has a way of standing out from the crowd, even one as hectic as this. The senior at Democracy Prep Harlem High School stood smiling behind a desk…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shock, confusion, embarrassment – for every #MeToo account that comes to light, many in our community have pondered why those with Jewish perpetrators hit us the hardest. We often think…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This past school year, Chicago leaders pointed to grading and attendance numbers as evidence the pandemic had caused more academic damage for the district’s Black and Latino students. But data obtained by…