Chris Stewart
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Posted Sep. 3, 2019
The Three R’s of Parents Who Want to Raise Free Children
A parent’s power to determine the right to choose where, when and what their children learn is only one power among many that create what I call parental sovereignty—a concept I believe is rooted in three essential R’s: roles, responsibilities and rights. …
Posted Aug. 20, 2019
If We Care for Kids, We Can’t Shut Down Teachers Who Truly Want to Do Better by Them
This teacher said a thing and I thought all hell would break loose. It happened last week when my 8…
Posted Aug. 13, 2019
No, But Seriously, How Are the Children?
Last week I made what I thought was a simple request: for all of us to prioritize the question “how…
Posted Aug. 7, 2019
In Everything We Do, We Must Ask, ‘How Are the Children?’
With so many pressing issues that threaten our planet, our elections, and our major institutions, why do I live and…
Posted Apr. 17, 2019
It’s Time to Charge the Hill, Plant the Flag and Stand Up for Kids. Again.
Several years ago I went to Chicago to meet the founder of a newly formed education nonprofit that was still…
Posted Jan. 17, 2018
VIDEO: One of the Greatest Threats to Our Black Students Is the Teachers Who Don’t Believe in Them
Slowly education activists of every stripe are warming to this reality: There is no way to improve education without putting…
Posted Feb. 9, 2017
Statement from Chris Stewart of Education Post, Regarding NAACP Hearing in Los Angeles
Chris Stewart, a national school choice activist and the director of outreach and external affairs at Education Post said: “As…
Posted Dec. 8, 2016
The NAACP’s Demands of Charter Schools Aren’t About Educational Quality
If you want to kill a good idea just set impossible conditions for its success and it will die trying to…
Posted Nov. 1, 2016
Black People Have Tried the ‘Trust Me’ Relationship With Public Education for 150 Years, It’s Time For Something New
Let’s suppose there are two sides of the education debate that use similar tactics to discredit their opponents, and to acquire…
Posted Oct. 25, 2016
Two of America’s Largest Black Organizations Seek to Build a Better Narrative for Black Education
While much of education world is locked in circular discussions (mostly centered on charter schools) that is bitterly dividing advocates…
