Chris Stewart
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Posted Sep. 2, 2016
Teachers Unions Must Stop Standing With Republicans Against Closing the Equity ‘Loophole’ in Title I Funding
The Obama administration is trying to end a longstanding bit of systemic inequity in the public schools, but his officials are…
Posted July 12, 2016
School Reformers Cannot Ignore the Life and Death Issues Black People in America Face
In recent months, notable people within school reform circles have locked horns over a trifling question: Does the inclusion of…
Posted July 8, 2016
What’s So Hard About Telling Me How My Kid Is Doing in School?
Everyone agrees and research confirms that actively engaged parents produce more successful students. Nevertheless, school systems often conspire to deny…
Posted Apr. 21, 2016
VIDEO: Everybody Talks About Student Voice, But David Johns Walks the Talk
When history assesses the Obama presidency one thing will eventually be unmistakable: He filled his administration with exceptional, but understated…
Posted Jan. 8, 2016
Can I Get a President Who Will Fight for Better Schools?
There almost seems to be a bipartisan conspiracy to make this year’s headline for presidential candidates “no standards, no choice…
Posted Dec. 11, 2015
Black Children Won’t Succeed With Less Accountability in Public Education
America’s first black president has signed the Every Child Succeeds Act legislation that many see as a partial retreat on…
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Misunderstanding Rosa Parks and the Meaning of Integration
Sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks got on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and made history by sitting where…
Posted Nov. 12, 2015
In the Case of Dropout Nation vs. Moskowitz, I Side With the Parents
I didn’t know much about Success Academy until seeing the movie “The Lottery.” Out of the several school reform movies I love, this…
Posted Oct. 16, 2015
Can We Finally Drop the Idea That Black Parents Don’t Care About Education?
One of the most weathered claims about black parents is that we are not as involved as we need to be for…
Posted Aug. 28, 2015
President Obama Touts Progress in New Orleans
As I walked through New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward, I saw residents standing on street corners stretching several blocks, anticipating…
