by Sanaa Kahloon, first-year student at Harvard College
Contrary to popular belief, education is not only the future — it informs the present for students, especially students of color like me, who have the most at stake from flaws in our education system. The pedagogies in practice right now not…
by Daniel Hadi, high school student in Portland, Oregon
As an Arab American, culturally responsive education (CRE) allows me to feel safe, heard, and supported within my own school at a time when young people like myself face the challenge of navigating an increasingly digital world where misinformation and intentional…
by Kat Sánchez, Policy Manager — Reproductive Healthcare
Bold Futures NM
“What? Are you and your muscle going to kick me out? Isn’t that what you people do?”
Nearly verbatim, this was said to me and one of my dearest friends and colleagues at the recent Las Cruces Public School…
As a Puerto Rican growing up in New York City, I knew very well that the existential conditions and educational outcomes for Puerto Ricans were shared with our Black brothers and sisters. We were, after all, experiencing structural racism much in the same way. Yet just as our Black brothers…
If we are focused solely on “learning loss” and “academic deficits” then as a country, we have learned nothing at all from the past year. The concept of “learning loss” is being used to reflect the learning challenges students are experiencing as a result of virtual/hybrid…
by Mary González and Kathryn Wiley
We are in a power-filled time where political, social, and economic realities have brought us to the precipice of a turning point. The relationship between school funding and racial justice is currently being spotlighted as community organizers work to ensure public institutions are divesting…
As the November election approaches and too many students still don’t have access to the high-quality education they deserve, education leaders are calling for action to create a comprehensive and more inclusive education system.
Education 2020 (ED 2020), a coalition of organizations representing educators, parents, children and youth, people of…
What Past School Discipline Reform Suggests About Racial Disparities and Exclusion
by Kathryn Wiley, Faculty Fellow, School of Education University of Colorado Boulder and Yolanda Anyon, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver
The police-free schools movement entered mainstream consciousness during the recent Summer 2020 Racial Justice…
By Moira O’Neil
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked grandparents to sacrifice themselves for the economic wellbeing of their grandchildren. For example, Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick explained that grandparents should be “willing to die to save the economy for their grandkids.” Now the Trump administration…
Cyrus Driver, Senior Director
Mary González, Associate Director
Partnership for the Future of Learning
Right now, a lot of people claim to have the answer to solving the problem of equity in our education system. It seems that equity in education is a value many of us share, regardless of…
