Tag: education

A district in the Washington, D.C., suburbs may foretell whether a transformative approach to school improvement can address longstanding opportunity gaps in education.

A contentious contract negotiation between teachers and a district in the Washington D.C. suburbs could foretell whether a transformative strategy for school improvement can dislodge entrenched leadership practices.

Guns have become an intimate part of American culture, one that is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood, and of course the Republican Party. Our children are paying the price.

Parents in DeVos’s backyard tell right-wing radicals, “No thank you to divisive, partisan agendas in schools.”

"How many more times are we gonna sit back?... How many more times?"

“Choose wisely, because cheaper does not mean better. You get what you pay for.”

Imagine if we invested in them rather than war.

Teachers ended a nearly three-week strike, citing advances in pay and working conditions for many members. But more work remains.

As school communities continue to wrestle with whether to have police on school grounds, I believe the most important thing to consider is not what people believe, but what the evidence shows.

Former teachers and board members say charters run by Accel Schools are designed to fail.