Nov 1, 2021

Centering Students’ Identities is Not Only Imperative For Equity — It Influences Our Academic Achievement and Personal Well-being.

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…

Students

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Nov 1, 2021

I’m a high school student, and Culturally Responsive Education is needed in our schools.

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…

High School

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Aug 3, 2021

Amidst attacks on culturally inclusive curriculum, New Mexico Public School votes to place equity at the forefront

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…

Education

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Amidst attacks on culturally inclusive curriculum, New Mexico Public School votes to place equity…

Jun 29, 2021

Teaching that none of us are free until all of us are free of oppression is critical.

by Rosemary Rivera, Co-Executive Director, Citizen Action of New York 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. …

Critical Race Theory

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Teaching that none of us are free until all of us are free of oppression is critical.

May 6, 2021

The only “learning loss” is the loss of opportunity for transformational change.

by Keturah Proctor, Educator 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. …

Learning Loss

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Nov 2, 2020

Rethinking Police in Schools as a Moral and Fiscal Decision

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. …

Police Reform

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Rethinking Police in Schools as a Moral and Fiscal Decision

Oct 16, 2020

18 education leaders provide a comprehensive vision for universal access to learning

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…

Ed 2020

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18 education leaders provide a comprehensive vision for universal access to learning

Education 2020 (ED 2020), a coalition of organizations representing educators, parents, children and youth, people of…

Oct 6, 2020

Changes to School Police—More Than Symbolic?

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…

School To Prison Pipeline

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Changes to School Police—More Than Symbolic?

Sep 14, 2020

Why are we so willing to sacrifice the wellbeing of educators?

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…

Teachers

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Why are we so willing to sacrifice the wellbeing of educators?

Sep 8, 2020

School choice seems like a quick fix, but does more harm than good for families in the U.S.

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…

School Choice

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