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Let’s Stop Pitting Charter School and District Parents Against Each Other, and Start Valuing Their Right to Choose Schools
I’ll never forget the interaction with a parent of two boys who came to a school closure meeting to have her say about our district’s plan to...
The Denver Teachers Strike by the Numbers
With a tentative agreement in place following a marathon bargaining session and three days of striking, Denver educators returned to their...
Building Community and Educating Through Art in New Orleans
Ayo Scott is a New Orleans painter who can teach us all something about the importance of connection, community and art as education. I first met...
All Teachers Should Be Able to Demonstrate Sufficient Knowledge of Their Subject Areas
Teachers need to be competent in their subject area. Anyone teaching a particular subject should have a serviceable knowledge of said subject....
The Great Blackface Reckoning of 2019
America, we need to talk. Not one, not two, but THREE elected officials in Virginia are knee-deep in blackface controversies at this very...
While We’re Obsessed with White People in Blackface the Nation’s Schools Are Killing Black Minds
Another day, another politician with blackface in his past. If you are keeping track, three top elected officials in Virginia have been busted...
All These Scandals Are Exhausting, Can Ralph “Shoe Polish on My Face” Northam Just Resign?
Since the beginning of #45's term, I have ended too many days literally exhausted from hearing about the most recent lack of leadership, daily...
Democrats Must Do More Than Condemn Ralph Northam
Now that photos have emerged of the Virginia Democratic governor’s medical school yearbook, which includes a healthy number of super racist...
This Black History Month, Let’s Agree to Stop Giving ‘Racist Hall Passes’ to White People
Dear America: when will y’all start giving everyone else the same amount of credit/benefit of the doubt/empathy and/or sympathy you give racist...
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Let’s Stop Pitting Charter School and District Parents Against Each Other, and Start Valuing Their Right to Choose Schools
The Denver Teachers Strike by the Numbers
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All Teachers Should Be Able to Demonstrate Sufficient Knowledge of Their Subject Areas