Maureen Kelleher
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Posted June 27, 2019
When This Chicago School Was on the Verge of Closure, A Visionary Principal Built the Team That Turned It Around
Back in 2013, when Principal Aaron Rucker first came to Auburn Gresham’s Ryder Elementary, he said someone in the central…
Posted May 24, 2019
José Guzmán Was Accepted Into College But He’s Ready to Start His Electrical Career Now
Richards Career Academy senior José Guzmán knows how to hustle. He learned his confident, easy way with people by selling…
Posted May 23, 2019
Apprentice Plumber and High School Senior Leonard Ferguson Isn’t Afraid to Tackle the Dirty Jobs
As an eighth-grader, Leonard Ferguson signed up for the plumbing concentration at Baltimore County’s Western School of Technology and Environmental…
Posted May 21, 2019
1% of Nurses Are Hispanic Men, High School Senior Salvador Torres Wants to Change That
According to Minority Nurse magazine, less than 1% of nurses are Hispanic men. Salvador Torres, an 18-year-old senior at Richards…
Posted Apr. 30, 2019
How John Singleton’s ‘Boyz n the Hood’ Changed the Way I Teach
I am not a movie person. I don’t go to the movies much and when I do, I often forget…
Posted Apr. 10, 2019
Want a Winning High School? You’ll Need a Winning School Board.
In 2016, then-24-year-old Cipriano Vargas became the youngest person ever elected to the Vista Unified School Board in California. After…
Posted Mar. 12, 2019
The Case for Education Reparations
$23 billion. According to a recent report from Ed Build, that’s the gap in state and local funding between what…
Posted Mar. 6, 2019
Detroit Charter Leader Chanavia Patterson Knew Her School Had Improved When She Was Ready to Enroll Her Own Kids
Chanavia Patterson always knew she would become a teacher, but she didn’t know she would become an outstanding mentor, coach…
Posted Feb. 25, 2019
Mashea Ashton Talks Newark, Cory Booker and the Challenges of Launching Her Own School
Mashea Ashton tells the truth, even when it’s hard. Almost three years ago, when she moved to Washington, D.C., to…
Posted Feb. 8, 2019
‘The Make-or-Break Year’ Offers Ed Reformers Sobering Lessons on How Real School Change Happens
“If we have to remove dead weight, we will remove dead weight.” That’s what the assistant principal of Chicago’s Orr…
