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Takesha Nichols

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Chicago, Illinois

Takesha Nichols is a parent of three children, two of whom attend Chicago Public Schools and a member of Charter Parents United.

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Posted Oct. 26, 2015

When It Comes to Your Child’s Future, Who Doesn’t Want Choices?

After spending a few years in the south suburbs, last spring my husband and I moved our family back to…

By Takesha Nichols

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Posted Dec. 10, 2019

Democrats Are Finally Talking Public Education, But You Probably Won’t Be Invited to the Table

I couldn’t believe it. Finally, education was going to take center stage at the 2020 Public Education Forum. All the major Democratic candidates (and some…

By Zachary Wright 

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Posted Dec. 11, 2019

Black Kids Don’t Need to Sit Next to White Kids to Learn

Over the last decade, and indeed for longer than that, those fighting for justice, many of them White, have largely looked to integration as the…

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Posted Dec. 5, 2019

We Were Making Progress on School Discipline Until Betsy DeVos Came Along

At the turn of the century, in 1999, I was graduating from high school, motivated to enter the teaching profession with a passion to reform…

By Kelisa Wing

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