Our Network in the News Share this post:Tweet Black male educators renew focus on recruitment, retention 10/18/2016 The Philadelphia Tribune — Wilford Shamlin III NAACP vote won’t diminish support for charter schools in black communities 10/18/2016 Watchdog.org — Heather Kays The Depths of How Poverty Affects Learning: A Superintendent’s Quest 10/17/2016 Real Clear Education — Beth Hawkins National foundation marks anniversary of teacher’s award 10/17/2016 Rocky Mount Telegram — Ann Davis The NAACP Takes A Major Stand Against The Growth of Charter Schools 10/16/2016 Huffington Post — Rebecca Klein Slate’s Revamped Education Coverage Yields Mixed Results (So Far) 10/14/2016 Medium — Alexander Russo Thursday Letters: Not “everybody” happy with new teachers’ deal 10/12/2016 Sun-Times — LaShanda Howard A Little Letter to Donald and Diane 10/10/2016 Huffington Post — Erika Sanzi CTU Preps for Second Strike in 2 Contracts 10/10/2016 Chicago Tonight — Brandis Friedman Lakewood’s ultra orthodox day schools, ‘tyranny of the many’ 10/6/2016 NJ Spotlight — Laura Waters Former US education secretary rips teacher-prep programs 10/5/2016 Philly Inquirer — Susan Synder and Kathy Boccella Arne Duncan to US teacher training programs: raise your standards 10/5/2016 Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Maureen Downey Parents Ask Why Their Wealthy Neighbors Are Fighting Charter Schools 10/4/2016 The 74 — Richard Whitmire Why you shouldn’t stop speaking Spanish at home 9/23/2016 Univision — Janie Tankard Carnock Too black, too strong’: The Woodrow Wilson Tigers’ national anthem protest 9/22/2016 BBC — Jessica Lussenhop “Feel-Good” School Story Highlights Concerns About Racial Blind Spots 9/22/2016 Washington Monthly — Alexander Russo Why the school funding judgment in Connecticut could jeopardize education for America’s 6.5 million children with disabilities 9/22/2016 Hechinger Report — Beth Hawkins All Across the Country, Athletes Are Fueling a Debate About How America Defines Patriotism 9/22/2016 Time — Sean Gregory Complicated but not impossible: a road map to avoiding a second chicago teachers strike 9/21/2016 The 74 — Maureen Kelleher In-Depth: Black Lives Matter’s Rashad Turner on Why He’s Quitting Over Charter School Attacks 9/18/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins NFL’s National Anthem Protest Reaches New Jersey High School Football 9/13/2016 WNYC — Jami Floyd Raising Expectations at a San Antonio School Where Gifted Education is Applied to All 9/12/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Dear Hillary, Read This Before You Take That Advice on Public Education 9/12/2016 Huffington Post — peter Cunningham Commentary: No surprise, Carol Burris misses the mark on California charter schools 9/12/2016 L.A. School Report — Caroline Bermudez Camden district issues statement on woodrow wilson anthem protest 9/11/2016 Philly Inquirer — Phil Anastasia BLM leader quits over school choice 9/8/2016 Washington Examiner — Jason Russell ‘The Movement’s Been Hijacked’: A Black Lives Matter Leader Quits Over Public School Platform 9/7/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins A $50 Million Lawsuit Has St. Louis Parents, Kids and Educators Worried Their Schools May Have to Close 9/6/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Anti-charter-school rhetoric isn’t helping L.A.’s kids: Guest commentary 9/1/2016 LA Daily News — Virgil Roberts Demanding Quality Education for Your Child Is Your Right 8/30/2016 Ebony — Charles Cole The Myth of the ‘Miracle School’ 8/30/2016 The Atlantic — Arne Duncan Confusion Over Purpose of US Education System 8/29/16 US News and World Report — Lauren Camera Fried Chicken, Watermelon, and Hipster Comedy About Charter Schools 8/25/2016 Huffington Post — Chris Stewart How to have “the talk” with your black students when they return to school 8/25/2016 Madame Noir — Abigail Henry May LAUSD make it a great school year — for all 8/25/2016 LA Daily News — Alma Marquez Why School Funding Will Always Be Imperfect 8/24/2016 The Atlantic — Nadra Kareem Nittle The Most Segregating School-District Borders in America 8/24/2016 The Atlantic — Laura Bliss Morning Education: John Oliver on charter schools 8/23/2016 Politico — Peter Cunningham UTLA head should look to avert crisis, not create one 8/23/2016 LA School Report — Caroline Bermudez Condemnation of Charter Schools Exposes a Rift Over Black Students 8/20/2016 The New York Times — Kate Zernicke Clinton’s backflip on charter schools ‘a step backwards’ 8/20/2016 The Grayson County News-Gazette — Jim Waters As war over charter schools rages on, what power does the city actually have 8/19/2016 Chalkbeat — Monica Disare Commentary: Los Angeles is losing good teachers because of this policy 8/19/2016 L.A. School Report — Benjamin Feinberg Camden schools report signs of progress 8/19/2016 NJ Spotlight — Meir Rinde A solution as obvious as it is rare: Making high school graduates ready for college 8/18/2016 The Hechinger Report — Jon Marcus Black Lives Matter, Except When They Enroll in Charter Schools 8/18/2016 Huffington Post — Chris Stewart Will Pinkston must apologize for behavior before moving on 8/17/2016 The Tennessean — Jason Egly Is School Integration Necessary? 8/15/2016 US News and World Report — Peter Cunningham LAISD expands class offerings to boost declining enrollment 8/13/2016 Los Angeles Daily News — Brenda Gazzar The Need to Close Empathy Gap in Ed Reform 8/12/2016 Ebony — Chris Stewart Hillary Clinton ignores community’s major challenge 8/12/2016 News OK — The Oklahoman Editorial Board Creating a Space for Gifted Students of Color 8/12/2016 Ebony — Kerry Ann Royes Cunningham: Why True Progressives Should Push MA to Lift Cap on Public Charter Schools 8/10/2016 Medium — Peter Cunningham What’s The Measure of a Good School? 8/9/2016 Huffington Post — Michael Vaughn Rise & Shine: If state tests keep changing, can they still be used to judge a school’s progress? 8/4/2016 Chalkbeat — Cassi Feldman Commentary rebuttal: Wellesley, let’s support all families having access to great schools 8/3/2016 The Wellesley Townsman — Kristin Johnson More NY kids are learning — but will our political leaders do the same? 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Cuomo on down, officials cling to old narratives despite new test scores 8/3/2016 NY Daily News — Peter Cunningham The email in the DNC’s leaked collection that didn’t get much attention 8/2/2016 Desert News — Eric Schulzke 9 people who might be the next education secretary 8/1/2016 Washington Examiner — Jason Russell A Little Ditty About Donald and Diane 8/1/2016 Huffington Post — Peter Cunningham Hillary Clinton’s School Choice 7/31/2016 Wall Street Journal — Editorial Will Pinkston has reputation for hostility, intimidation 7/31/2016 The Tennessean — Jason Gonzales Peter Cunningham: And the next education secretary is… 7/31/2016 The 74 — Peter Cunningham A letter to Kaya Henderson 7/29/2016 Washington Post — Yakkell Lavender Let’s Agree on Free Community College 7/28/2016 Wall Street Journal — Rahm Emanuel and Bill Haslam Wellesley, let’s support all families having access to great schools 7/27/2016 The Wellesley Townsman — Erika Sanzi Democratic Political Infighting Over Educaiton Harms Black Families 7/27/2016 The Root — Andre Perry EdReporters Ignore Fast-Changing Suburbs and Silence Minority Voices, Says CUNY Prof 7/26/2016 Washington Monthly — Alexander Russo Clinton looks to move dems away from education wars 7/24/2016 Hechinger — Emanuel Fenton The Pros and Cons of Full-Day Kindergarten 7/21/2016 NJ Family — Laura Waters Flashback: That time Arne Duncan, Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton traveled the country talking about education 7/20/2016 L.A. School Report — Peter Cunningham Democrats’ ed reform pivot 7/15/2016 CommonWealth — Michael Jonas Commentary: California — the state of magical thinking when it comes to education 7/14/2016 LA School Report — Caroline Bermudez Dems Abandon Party Values, Rewrite Ed Platform 7/14/2016 Real Clear Education — Peter Cunningham Minnesota’s Board of Teachers Stonewalls Teacher Licensing Changes to the Point of Contempt 7/14/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Morning Education 7/14/2016 Politico — Politico Morning News Team Cunningham: Democrats Rewrite Education Platform Behind Closed Doors, and Abandon Core Party Values 7/13/2016 The 74 — Peter Cunningham In Detroit, Parent-Activists Are Going House to House To Ensure Every Child Gets Enrolled in School 7/11/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins When talking about race in classrooms, disagreement is OK; hatred is not 7/11/2016 Chalkbeat — David McGuire First Person: When talking about race in classrooms, disagreement is OK — hatred is not 7/11/2016 Chalkbeat — Shaina Cavazos California Teens Head To Flint To Help Undocumented Immigrants Obtain Water 7/1/2016 CBS SF Bay Area — Joe Vazquez When teachers disparage their students 6/28/2016 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi Invisible (Wo)man: How the Struggles of Black Girls in School Go Unnoticed 6/28/2016 For Harriet — Marilyn Rhames How the Problems of Black Schoolgirls Go Unnoticed 6/27/2016 Ebony — Marilyn Rhames Morning Read: Wealthier students use summer school to get ahead 6/27/2016 LA School Report — Charter Schools: The Stepchildren of Public Education 6/22/2016 EdWeek — Dirk Tillotson Get to know Nashville Rise before rejecting forum 6/21/2016 The Tennessean — Wendy Tucker Traditional L.A. Unified schools and charter schools need to learn to share 6/21/2016 LA Times — LA Times Editorial Board Commentary: Time to end the great charter school debate in Los Angeles and create great public schools now 6/20/2016 LA School Report — Caroline Bermudez Group vows to rescue L.A. students one good school at a time 6/15/2016 LA Times — Howard Blume A Place of Solidarity and Engagement 6/12/2016 Medium — Beth Hawkins Our obsession with integration is hurting kids of color 6/10/2016 Washington Post — Chris Stewart Teaching the Whole Child: Corey Carter 6/8/2016 Ebony — DAVID JOHNS AND CIERRA KALER-JONES Charter and Traditional Public Schools Fight Over Money 6/6/2016 American Prospect — Rachel Cohen Failure Is a Part of Success: The Gates Foundation Should Be Praised for Owning Up 6/3/2016 Huffington Post — Caroline Bermudez An Open Letter to White Conservative Education Reformers 6/1/2016 Huffington Post — Marilyn Rhames Mom: A ‘harsh truth’ I’ve learned about special education 6/1/2016 Washington Post — Valerie Strauss The 5 Questions Black Parents Should Be Asking Their Kids’ Schools 6/1/2016 Ebony — Charles Cole Bradford: Social Justice, Education Reform and How This Whole Left-Right Feud Is Missing the Point 5/31/2016 The 74 — Derrell Bradford The Colorado Department of Education’s revolving door 5/31/2016 The Denver Post — Mike Vaughn As charters grow, public schools see sharp enrollment drop 5/29/2016 AP — Christine Armario Commentary: With veto, Wolf puts unions ahead of students 5/29/2016 Philly Inquirer — Sharif El-Mekki A Fresh Turn in the New Orleans Charter School Miracle 5/27/2016 The Wall Street Journal — John White Does Black Lives Matter belong in education reform? A private debate bursts into public view 5/26/2016 Chalkbeat — Elizabeth Green Has Integration In Schools Done More Harm Than Good for Black Learners? 5/26/2016 HuffPo Black Voices — Charles Coleman How 3 top NOLA public schools keep students out 5/26/2016 The Times-Picayune — Danielle Dreilinger Still listening, no big plan yet: LAUSD chief Michelle King wraps up community tour for the school year 5/26/2016 LA School Report — Sarah Favot Graduation Anxiety in NOLA: Will State Budget Woes Kill a Life-Changing Scholarship? 5/25/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Stewart: If Only They Attacked Racial Gaps in Schools Like They Attack Campbell Brown 5/25/2016 The 74 — Chris Stewart My son has Asperger’s and wants to attend a rigorous college— why shouldn’t he? 5/24/2016 Hechinger Report — Beth Hawkins Window gave child-sex-abuse victims a late chance for justice, but protections in Minnesota still must be strengthened 5/24/2016 MinnPost — Beth Hawkins An Unexpected Choice for Minneapolis Schools Chief, An Alaskan Educator Promising Equity 5/23/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Common Core “Field Tests” Boycott 5/23/2016 HuffPo — Alan Singer Speaking Racial Truth to Power in Education Reform 5/23/2016 Ebony — Marilyn Rhames How Brown v. Board is Failing America’s Kids 5/20/2016 Wake Up with WURD — Gwen Samuels You can try and deny it, but our schools need to do better at preparing our kids for college and career 5/20/2016 HuffPo — Tracy Dell’Angela PERSPECTIVES ON THE PASSING OF ‘ZUCKERBERG ERA’ IN NEWARK SCHOOLS 5/19/2016 NJ Spotlight — John Mooney Diane Ravitch, Carol Burris attack anyone who disagrees 5/19/2016 HuffPo — Peter Cunningham Why both parties need education reform 5/18/2016 HuffPo — Peter Cunningham Don’t blame the test for poor PARCC results when N.J. schools are already failing 5/17/2016 NJ Star-Ledger — Laura Waters NY Times Mocks Opt-Out Parents, Fails Common Core English 5/16/2016 HuffPo — Alan Singer Teacher-Evaluation Report Roundup: All Is Not Lost 5/16/2016 EdWeek — Stephen Sawchuk Where does need for college remedial work begin 5/16/2016 Grand Forks Herald — Lloyd Omdahl Book Fair, Stop Selling All That Crap 5/15/2016 HuffPo — Erika Sanzi Morning Educaiton: Union-charter common ground 5/13/2016 Politico — Greg Richmond The “message” of low PARCC scores: dont’ blame test 5/13/2016 NJ Spotlight — Laura Waters UTLA says “unmitigated” charter growth hurts district? Inconcievable 5/13/2016 LA School Report — Mike Vaughn Can’t write a complete sentence 5/12/2016 Ebony — Caroline Bermudez Does LAUSD want to protect children, or bloated bureaucracy 5/12/2016 HuffPo — Peter Cunningham The Mile-High City Leads the Way 5/12/2016 U.S. News and World Report — David Osborne Moms, We HAve So Much in Common Too 5/11/2016 HuffPo — Erika Sanzi Detroit’s educational catastrophe 5/10/2016 Atlantic — Beth Hawkins Guess who’s taking remedial courses 5/10/2016 NYT — NYT ed board What Newark’s school bd elections says about influence of charters 5/10/2016 The 74 — Laura Waters Remedial Finance 5/9/2016 Weekly Standard — James Pierson and Naomi Schaefer Riley Grading the Graders 5/7/2016 Real Clear Education — Politico Morning News Team Charlotte’s school segregation problem is both persistent and damaging 5/6/2016 Ebony — James Ford The Danger of the Single Story Is Real in Our Education Debates Too 5/6/2016 HuffPo — Erika Sanzi Illinois Issues: A School in Democracy 5/5/2016 NPR Illinois — Tara Garcia Mathewson All Eyes on Today’s Louisiana Vote: A New Era for New Orleans’ Schools? 5/4/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Has School Choice Been All It Set Out to Be? 5/4/2016 Governing — Alan Greenblatt The Half-Finished Revolution on Teacher Quality 5/3/2016 Washington Monthly — Thomas Toch Grading the Graders in Politico 5/2/2016 Politico — Politico Morning News Team Media Matters: Reporting on Corporate Reform and Omitting Walton, Gates, and Broad 5/2/2016 HuffPo — Mercedes Schneider Students wear the garment of disadvantage 5/1/2016 Charlotte Post — James Ford Jane Sanders: Bernie and I stand with unions against testing 4/29/2016 EdWeek — Andrew Ujifasa Bay area schools struggling to retain teachers 4/28/2016 Bay Area News Group — Joyce Tsai 2015 Nation’s Report Card Reveals Majority of High School Seniors Aren’t College Ready 4/27/2016 Education World — Nicole Gorman A hidden benefit to Common Core 4/27/2016 US News/World Report — Douglas Holz-Eakin Ready to Bring the Noise on PARCC 4/26/2016 Huffington Post — Erika Sanzi About “Education Post, the Nonprofit” — Including Its Anonymous Donor 4/25/2016 HuffPo — Mercedes Schneider Can More Money Fix America’s Schools? 4/25/2016 NPR Ed — All Things Considered More college students need remedial studies 4/25/2016 Utica Observer Dispatch — Alissa Scott Race and the Standardized Testing Wars 4/23/2016 New York Times — Kate Taylor Denver Public Schools owns up to not thoroughly vetting school board appointee 4/22/2016 Chalkbeat CO — Melanie Asmar Supt apologizes for not vetting board candidate 4/22/2016 Fox-31 Denver — Letitia James is wrong on opting out 4/21/2016 New York Amsterdam News — Chris Stewart For college acceptance, some retunr to high school material 4/20/2016 Daily Tarheel — Sierra Dunne On schools, Villaraigosa parts ways with Gov 4/20/2016 Cal Matters — Judy Lin Remedial courses costly 4/19/2016 News-PressNow.com — News-Press Now Editorial Board? Commentary: Suburban NJ schools underperform 4/18/2016 Courier-Post — Lance T. Izumi What Parents Actually Want From Standardized Tests 4/18/2016 Ebony — Caroline Bermudez Arriving at College unprepared is costly 4/15/2016 Orange County Register — Gloria Romero Reformers question if school-aid formula is out of touch with reality 4/13/2016 NJ Spotlight — Meir Rinde Reformers question if school-aid formula is out of touch with reality 4/13/2016 NJ Spotlight — Meir Rinde Are charters a solution to–or cause of–segregation 4/11/2016 The 74 — Matt Barnum Cost of remediation doesn’t just impact low-income students 4/8/2016 Education Dive — Tara Mathewson The power of restorative justice in the classroom 4/8/2016 US News/World Report — Beth Hawkins Why is Deray getting a bad rap on education 4/8/2016 NBC black — Charles Cole III Out of Pocket 4/7/2016 Real Clear Education — Michael Dannenberg, Ed Post Remedial Courses Required by Colleges Costing $1.5 Billion Annually 4/7/2016 US News University — Andy Gotlieb There is a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing 4/7/2016 NJ Spotlight — Laura Waters We’re accountable for making American dream possible through education 4/7/2016 Daily Breeze — Antonio Villaraigosa College remediation is not just for those “other kids” 4/6/2016 LA School Report — Tracy Remedial courses come with steep price tag 4/6/2016 LA School Report/the74 — Mark Keierleber Remedial courses have become a hidden cost of college 4/6/2016 Washington Post — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Taking high school courses in college costs nearly $1.5 billion 4/6/2016 NPR — Anya Kamenetz The cost of remediation 4/6/2016 Inside Higher Ed — Ashley A Smith Steve Barr on weighing mayoral run and what ed reform gets wrong 4/5/2016 LA School Report — Caroline LGBT Students Fight ‘Can’t Say Gay’ School Policies that Silence Teachers, Isolate Young People 4/4/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Time For Diane Ravitch to Find a New ‘Obsession’ 4/4/2016 Huffington Post — Erika Sanzi Bring school funding into the 21st century 4/1/2016 NJ Spotlight — Laura Teachers who strike will not be disciplined, just unpaid 4/1/2016 Sun-TImes — Lauren FitzPatrick What You Need to Know About Magnet Schools in NJ 4/1/2016 NJ Family — Laura The danger of zero-tolerance policies in charter schools 3/31/2016 Ebony — Marilyn Rhames Time to get serious about accountability in CA 3/31/2016 Southern California Public Radio — Mary Plumer The Desegregation War in Minnesota Heats Up, as State Judge Hands Charter School Advocates Key Win 3/28/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Advocating for Oakland children in Sacramento 3/23/2016 Oakland Post — Antwan Wilson Diversity in Teaching: AFT talks the talk; TFA walks the walk 3/23/2016 HuffPo — Erika Sanzi Autonomous schools gain ground in MN and across country 3/22/2016 MinnPost — Erin Hinrichs Commentary: Will California come out of the shadows on standards to protect its students? 3/22/2016 LA School Report — Iris Maria Chavez The high cost of opting out in RI 3/18/2016 Providence Journal — Jessica Waters Arne Duncan says he will focus on improving opportunities for Chicago youth 3/17/2016 Washington Post — Emma Brown Arne Duncan takes aim at Chicago’s violence with youth jobs initiative 3/17/2016 Chicago Tribune — Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz Arne Duncan to Focus on Disconnected Youth at the Emerson Collective 3/17/2016 EdWeek — Alyson Klein Arne Duncan’s New Gig: Fighting Violence with Jobs 3/17/2016 BEZ/NPR — Melba Lara, Linda Lutton Arne Duncan’s new job: Creating jobs, stopping violence 3/17/2016 Sun-TImes — Lauren FitzPatrick Arne new job with Emerson 3/17/2016 LA Times — Joy Resmovitz Ex-Education Secretary Arne Duncan Plans Chicago Job-Training Project 3/17/2016 The Wall Street Journal — Leslie Brody Former Ed. Secty. to lead philanthropic effort in Chicago 3/17/2016 USA Today — Greg Toppo OptOut in TN 3/16/2016 Chalkbeat TN — Grace Tatter Wilson: Together We Can Ensure That Every Student Thrives 3/16/2016 Oakland Post — Antwan Wilson If you don’t love our kids, stay out of our schools 3/15/2016 The Root — Charles Coleman Jr How Obama Got Schooled 3/14/2016 Washington Monthly — Tom Toch Common Core is dramatically improving teaching 3/13/2016 Patriot Ledger — Lindsay Sobel Radio show on BPS walkout 3/10/2016 Boston Herald — Erika Sanzi Every Student Needs A Champion 3/9/2016 Black Enterprise — Marilyn Rhames A New Era for the Battle over Teacher Evaluations 3/8/2016 The Atlantic — Thomas Toch Her Last Battle: Advocate for Black Students Back in the Fray to Save WA Charters 3/7/2016 The 74 — Beth Hawkins Hillary: tell the truth 3/7/2016 This Week in Ed — Erika Sanzi Who’s really opting out anyway 3/6/2016 The 74 — Caroline Bermudez The political grandstanding of the LAUSD Board 3/4/2016 LA School Report — Caroline Bermudez Common Core advances state literacy culture 3/3/2016 Berkshire Eagle — Lindsay Sobel When Social and Emotional Learning Is Key to College Success 3/2/2016 The Atlantic — Emmanuel Felton Why New York’s charter movement has stalled — and what it needs to grow 3/1/2016 Chalkbeat NY — Dirk Tillotson Clearing Up Some Misperceptions About the Common Core 2/29/2016 UExpress — Peter Cunningham Alliance and other charter students untouched by graduation rate fears 2/26/2016 LA School Report — Tracy Dell’Angela From Arne Duncan on Down: 23 Critical Education Questions For the Presidential Candidates 2/24/2016 The Seventy Four — Carolyn Phenicie and Matt Barnum Do Your Kids Have Too Much Homework? 2/24/2016 NJ Family — Laura Waters Opting Out Is the Wrong Choice for Our Kids 2/22/2016 HuffPost Black Voices — Charles Coleman Investigation into potential cheating shows charter schools are working 2/19/2016 Times Picayune — Peter Cunningham Oakland must again commit to creating small schools 2/18/2016 Oakland Tribune — Dirk Tillotson Peter Cunningham on CAN TV 2/12/2016 CAN TV — Peter Cunningham Are We Really 250 Years Away From Closing the Achievement Gap? 2/10/2016 Houston Forward Times — Marilyn Rhames Give Chicago teachers the facts 2/9/2016 Catalyst — Peter Cunningham Time to Talk Education As Dust Settles in Iowa 2/3/2016 NBC/ NBC BLK — Chris Stewart Is teachers union on suicide mission? 2/2/2016 Sun-Times — Peter Cunningham What passes for acceptable school choice rhetoric is frightening 1/30/2016 Washington Post — Valerie Strauss Laying the PARCC rumors to rest 1/29/2016 NJ Spotlight — Star Ledger Editorial Board Education reform’s devious blame game: The charter school movement doesn’t want you to know it’s failing 1/29/2016 Salon — Steven Rosenfeld Bishop Tobin takes aim at R.I. charters 1/27/2016 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi PARCC — MORE ACCURATE THAN ASK, AND THE NUMBERS PROVE IT 1/26/2016 Star-Ledger — Laura Waters At Seattle’s Summit Sierra High School, Special Needs Students Find Success 1/25/2016 The Seventy Four — Beth Hawkins Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner wants state control of Chicago Public Schools 1/21/2016 Examiner.com — Darryl Grant Governor lunges for control of Chicago schools, teachers union 1/20/2016 Politico — Maggie Severns Charters That Serve Our Most Vulnerable Youth 1/20/2016 RealClearEducation — Maureen Kelleher As You Were Saying…Charter schools gain a champion 1/16/2016 Boston Herald — Erika Sanzi Are Chicago’s School Principals Ready to Walk Away? 1/14/2016 EBONY.com — Marilyn Rhames Can I get a president who will fight for better schools? 1/11/2016 The Hill — Chris Stewart Camden graduation rate rises again 1/9/2016 Philadelphia Inquirer — Allison Steele LET’S TRY SEEING THE VALUE OF COMMON CORE TESTING WITH ‘NEW EYES’ 1/7/2016 NJ Spotlight — Jeanne Muzi Camden graduation rates improve again 1/7/2016 Jersey Courier Post — NA Camden School District streamlines enrollment process 1/6/2016 Newsworks (NJ) — Joe Hernandez A black principal says what it takes to produce more black teachers 1/6/2016 Catalyst — Robert Croston How Minnesota’s Push to Integrate Schools Sparked a War Against Charters Serving Minority Families 1/4/2016 The Seventy Four — Beth Hawkins Camden PARCC test results among worst in state 12/22/2015 Philadelphia Inquirer — Allison Steele HAS OUR SYSTEM FAILED OUR YOUTH? 12/19/2015 SFL Times — Charles Cole Chris Stewart on ESSA on Charlotte Radio 12/19/2015 WBAV Charlotte Radio — Chris Stewart Has our system failed our youth? 12/18/2015 Westside Gazette — Charles Cole Slow and Steady Progress in Camden School System 12/17/2015 NJTV — Paymon Rouhanifard Chris Stewart on ESSA on Philly Radio 12/17/2015 WURD Philly Radio — Chris Stewart School Officials In Camden Spread The Word About District’s First Education Enrollment Fair Next Year 12/16/2015 CBS Philadelphia — Mike Dougherty The goal of every student succeeds must be that every child succeeds 12/15/2015 The Hill — Chris Stewart Rapid response unit aims to counter criticisms of Teach for America 12/12/2015 Washington Post — Lyndsey Layton Justice Scalia’s Comments on Black Academic Ability Lack Context 12/12/2015 AFRO — Chris Stewart What Justice Antonin Scalia Got Wrong About Black College Students 12/10/2015 Ebony — Chris Stewart Chris Stewart on ESSA on Houston Radio 12/10/2015 KPFT Houston Radio — Chris Stewart Has Our System Failed Our Youth? 12/9/2015 ThyBlackMan — Charles Cole What proposed changes to ESEA mean for students of color 12/3/2015 The HIll — Kayla Patrick What proposed changes to ESEA mean for students of color 12/3/2015 The HIll — Kayla Patrick Duncan’s Legacy Undercut as ESEA Rewrite Advances 12/3/2015 Education Week — Andrew Ujifusa Duncan’s Legacy Undercut as ESEA Rewrite Advances 12/3/2015 EdWeek — Peter Cunningham Copy successful programs and plant them in struggling schools 12/3/2015 Contra Costa Times — Dirk Tillotson Why Republicans Changed Their Minds on School Accountability 12/2/2015 Time — Haley Sweetland Edwards Copy successful programs and plant them in struggling schools 12/2/2015 ContraCosta Times — Dirk Tillotson Hey Hillary, My Disabled Son Was Pushed Out of a District School—and Embraced by a Charter 11/24/2015 RealClearEducation — Beth Hawkins Blind Men and an Elephant: There are Multiple Arguments for Charters 11/23/2015 RealClearEducation — Greg Richmond Mass. public schools crush R.I.’s. 11/22/2015 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi Making the Grade: How Well Do NJ Schools Prepare Our Kids? 11/19/2015 NJ Family — Laura Waters Nonprofit is formed to advance charter-school plan in Los Angeles area 11/18/2015 LA Times — Howard Blume Merrow Ignores Charter School Efforts to Clean House 11/17/2015 RealClearEducation — Alex Medler How to solve the LAUSD puzzle 11/16/2015 LA Times — Pedro Noguera If You Can’t Teach My Black Children, Admit It and Move On 11/12/2015 For Harriet — Khulia Pringle Chicago Teachers Union can help CPS avoid layoffs 11/12/2015 Chicago Sun-Times — Peter Cunningham Taking the Teaching Profession to Task 11/10/2015 U.S. News and World Report — Lauren Camera ‘Zero tolerance’ imprisons too many students 11/9/2015 Sacramento Bee — Dilan Pidraza LA Comadre on Power 106’s Knowledge is Power! 11/8/2015 Power 106 — Alma Marquez In Colorado, real school reform is winning 11/6/2015 Denver Post — Michael Vaughn Even the Top State in the Nation Needs to Up Its Game 11/5/2015 RealClearEducation — Paul Toner Antonio Villaraigosa backs ‘Black Minds Matter’ report’s recommendations on schools 11/5/2015 LA Times — Patrick McGreevy Don’t leave parents in dark on how schools are doing 11/4/2015 Sacramento Bee — Antonio Villaraigosa and Ryan Smith Black Girls Are Being Pushed Out of the Classroom 11/4/2015 JJIE — Kayla Patrick We need more Latino teachers 10/30/2015 Providence Journal — Jonathan Acosta and David Upegui Why education should be a priority for Speaker Ryan 10/29/2015 The Hill — Chris Stewart Why Can’t We Talk About the Real Issues? 10/29/2015 Huffington Post — Peter Cunningham Filmed classroom arrest of South Carolina schoolgirl spotlights police brutality, prison pipeline 10/29/2015 Hechinger Report — Beth Hawkins AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S TESTING PLAN 10/29/2015 NJ Spotlight — Laura Waters Southwest Side needs better school choices 10/28/2015 Chicago Sun-Times — Maria Esquivel Paul Ryan’s Leadership On Education Will Impact Minorities 10/28/2015 NBC News — Chris Stewart Why Black and Latino Parents are Placing a Premium on Education 10/27/2015 Ebony — Chris Stewart Chicago has a high school with 13 freshmen 10/27/2015 WBEZ Chicago Public Radio — Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea Our real charter school nightmare: The new war on public schools and teachers 10/26/2015 Salon — Diane Ravitch The Best Hope for Teacher Unions Is… Reform 10/22/2015 Huffington Post — Peter Cunningham Why Isn’t Education a Voting Issue? 10/20/2015 RealClearEducation — Peter Cunningham A Prison-to-School Pipeline? In California, the First School Inside a U.S. County Jail 10/20/2015 The Seventy Four — Mark Guarino Trump eyes Education Department 10/19/2015 Politico — Allie Grasgreen Ciaramella Softer hand, just as bold 10/19/2015 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi Counterpoint: On school results, don’t attack the messenger 10/14/2015 Star Tribune — Robin Lake The Common Core wins the war 10/12/2015 Politico — Maggie Severns Parents Support Testing, but Think There’s Too Much 10/12/2015 U.S. News and World Report — Lauren Camera Parents Support Testing, but Think There’s Too Much 10/12/2015 MSN — Lauren Camera A Lasting Legacy 10/9/2015 U.S. News and World Report — Lauren Camera A Few Reflections Upon Secretary Duncan’s Departure 10/5/2015 Education Week — Rick Hess Rouhanifard sets out next steps for Camden schools 10/2/2015 Philadelphia Inquirer — Allison Steele Obama’s new pick for education mirrors Duncan 10/2/2015 Politico — CAITLIN EMMA and KIMBERLY HEFLING Meet the former N.Y. education chief who will take over for Arne Duncan as education secretary 10/2/2015 Colorado Chalkbeat — Philissa Cramer, Geoff Decker, Patrick Wall and Monica Disare Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down 10/2/2015 USA Today Syndication — David Jackson Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down 10/2/2015 USA Today — David Jackson Duncan to leave education post; unsure of what’s next 10/2/2015 Chicago Sun-Times — Lynn Sweet Camden school district’s ‘commitment’ continues with 2nd phase 10/1/2015 NJ.com — Greg Adomaitis Making Failure Harder Work Than Passing 9/30/2015 Edutopia — Angela Campbell All Camden schools can rise 9/30/2015 Courier Post — Paymon Rouhanifard Islamophobia doesn’t belong in Texas schools 9/21/2015 The Dallas Morning News — Erika Beltran Backers want half of LAUSD students in charter schools in eight years, report says 9/21/2015 LA Times — Howard Blume $490-million plan would put half of LAUSD students in charter schools 9/21/2015 LA Times — Howard Blume Finally, cooperation in R.I. 9/18/2015 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi Moving Beyond Good v. Evil in Newark Reform Debate 9/15/2015 RealClearEducation — Laura Waters Teaching In America: ‘Only The Strong Will Survive’ 9/13/2015 NPR — Rachel Martin Teaching In America: ‘Only The Strong Will Survive’ 9/13/2015 NPR — Rachel Martin Where kids can avoid racial cluelessness 9/8/2015 Chicago Tribune — Tracy Dell’Angela Nadie se encargó de que no me quedara atrás 9/8/2015 La Prensa de Minnesota — Frank Saldaña Dyett hunger strike enters third week 8/31/2015 WBEZ Chicago Public Radio My Katrina story is more than misery 8/30/2015 Daily Kos — Chris Stewart Hurricane Katrina Survivor Jamar McKneely Shares How He’s Giving Back to the Community 8/28/2015 People Magazine The Need For Nuance & Complexity In Education Writing — & Where To Find It 8/28/2015 Washington Monthly — Alexander Russo New Orleans Schools, After Katrina 8/27/2015 New York Times — Andrea Gabor Congress should look at New Orleans for how to fix No Child Left Behind 8/27/2015 Washington Post — John White Survey: Camden schools make progress 8/26/2015 South Jersey Courier-Post — Carly Q. Romalino Five issues to watch as Denver Public Schools students return to the classroom 8/24/2015 Colorado Chalkbeat — Eric Gorski At N.H. forum, Christie again trains fire on teachers unions 8/21/2015 Philadelphia Inquirer — Maddie Hanna John Kasich’s teacher problem 8/20/2015 The Cincinnati Enquirer — Hannah Sparling and Chrissie Thompson Jeb Was Only Part of Bloomberg Group for ‘Education Reform’ — They Were Big Advocates of Common Core 8/12/2015 Independent Journal Review — Joe Perticone Minnesota’s achievement gap debated at NABJ conference 8/8/2015 Minneapolis Star Tribune — Marcus E. Howard Camden School District asks for public’s input on education priorities 8/6/2015 Newsworks — Joe Hernandez Ask the GOP candidates about Common Core — and U.S. competitiveness 8/5/2015 Cleveland Plain Dealer — Lou Gerstner Some Online Sites May Blur News, Advocacy Line 8/4/2015 Education Week — Mark Walsh Ohio School Districts Band Together To Demand More Local Control 8/4/2015 Education Week — Andrew Ujifusa Crowded Field of Online News Sites Focuses on Education Issues 8/4/2015 Education Week — Mark Walsh Seeing Race Isn’t ‘Racist,’ It’s Reality 7/24/2015 Ebony — Marilyn Rhames New Orleans parents to discuss schools 10 years after Katrina 7/20/2015 Times-Picayune — Jessica Williams Tomorrow’s Tech Stars Sound Off On Why Silicon Valley Should Embrace Diversity 7/17/2015 Huffington Post — Rebecca Klein Tomorrow’s Tech Stars Sound Off On Why Silicon Valley Should Embrace Diversity 7/17/2015 Huffington Post — Rebecca Klein Lessons From a Longer School Day (and Year) 7/8/2015 Education Week — Bolgen Vargas & Sandra A. Parker Even as Congress moves to strip his power, Arne Duncan holds his ground 7/8/2015 Washington Post — Lyndsey Layton Teach black students they can change communities – they don’t have to escape 6/24/2015 The Guardian — Clint Smith Black People Are Feared, Black Teachers Are Threats 6/24/2015 Ebony — Dr. Andre Perry How I Learned to Truly Value My Students — And It Has Nothing to Do With Common Core 6/22/2015 Huffington Post — Josh Parker How inequality looks from the inside 6/12/2015 Detroit Free Press — Brandon Terrell Graduating seniors in Camden who overcame are honored 6/12/2015 Philadelphia Inquirer — Allison Steele Camden students battled homelessness, murdered family member, cancer on road to graduation 6/11/2015 South Jersey Times — Greg Adomaitis It Wasn’t Common Core or More Money—Here’s How I Learned to Truly Value My Students 6/10/2015 AFRO — Josh Parker I Love the Thought of Leaving Baltimore, But It’s Finally Starting to Feel Like Home 6/10/2015 AFRO — Glory Aganze Barongozi CAMDEN GRADS HONORED FOR OVERCOMING ADVERSITIES 6/10/2015 ABC Philadelphia — Katherine Scott Camden celebrates 20 ‘Remarkable Grads’ 6/10/2015 South Jersey Times — Lori M. Nichols 20 Camden Grads Honored for Determination Despite Adversity 6/10/2015 NBC Philadelphia — Cyndey Long State’s economy depends on Latino schooling 5/27/2015 Sacramento Bee — ROB LAPSLEY What happens in school matters 5/25/2015 Washington Post — Jessica Waters, Lee-Ann Stephens, Tom Rademacher Students decide who’s college material 5/25/2015 Providence Journal — Stephanie Gonzalez I love the thought of leaving Baltimore, but it’s finally starting to feel like home 5/15/2015 Washington Post — Glory Aganze Barongozi Support the student who decides: ‘College isn’t for me’ 5/14/2015 Chicago Sun-Times — Tracy Dell’Angela Reducing federal role in education harms states 5/8/2015 The Tennessean — Paul Pastorek Alexander Russo Launches New Blog on Education Journalism 5/6/2015 Education Week — Mark Walsh School’s faith in me changed my life 4/30/2015 Providence Journal — Dashaun Robinson Opting out of testing is not progressive 4/28/2015 Oak Park Journal — Gordon Wright Camden district releases information dump on schools’ academic performance, survey results 4/23/2015 South Jersey Times — Jason Laday To Meet New Student Standards, We Must Support and Empower Teachers 4/22/2015 Huffington Post — Ellen Moir Did PARCC pass the test for my son? 4/22/2015 Denver Post — Pamela Norton Unions Used to Embrace Grading Teachers with Tests, Until They Didn’t 4/14/2015 RealClearEducation — Peter Cunningham How to Reach the Poorest Kids 4/14/2015 Education Week — Jean-Claude Brizard Opting your kid out risks her future — and every other kid’s, too 4/12/2015 NY Daily News — Michael Lomax Al Sharpton an unlikely ally in support of Common Core exams 4/11/2015 New York Post — Carl Campanile Testing, standards up for vote 4/7/2015 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette — Niki Kelly Accountability on Trial 4/4/2015 U.S. News and World Report — Robert Pondiscio The battle over the federal role in K-12 heats up 4/3/2015 Deseret News — Eric Schulzke Bright,’ a New Online Education Publication, Launches 3/31/2015 Education Week — Mark Walsh Expand the Federal Role in Education 3/27/2015 RealClearEducation — Peter Cunningham A commitment to transform Camden schools 3/26/2015 Courier Post — Paymon Rhouhanifard Public Education and the Ability to Do Math in Chicago 3/25/2015 Huffington Post — Alana Baum New CREDO Study Cites Strong Performance of Detroit Charter Schools 3/24/2015 WCHB News Detroit — Cliff Russell Hillary Clinton Caught Between Dueling Forces on Education: Teachers and Wealthy Donors 3/24/2015 New York Times — Maggie Haberman The Problem Is You 3/23/2015 Huffington Post — Peter Cunningham Parents Should Welcome the New Common Core Tests 3/22/2015 Daily Beast — Jonah Edelman Why parents need school choice 3/18/2015 Chicago Sun-Times — Lucy Reese PARCC’s tie to teacher evaluations drives controversy 3/15/2015 NJ.com — Adam Clark New PARCC assessments arrive in Colorado to cheers, criticism 3/8/2015 Denver Post — Eric Gorski A snow job on school testing in Colorado 3/7/2015 Denver Post — Michael Vaughn Taking aim at R.I.’s poor, minority students 3/5/2015 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi Teacher sees benefits of Common Core playing out in classroom 3/4/2015 Times-Picayune — Angelle Lailhengue Christie made the right decision to renew Newark Supt 3/4/2015 NJ Star-Ledger — Editorial Board PARCC complaints voiced at hearing at Camden County College 3/2/2015 Cherry Hill Courier Post — Carol Comegno NJEA launches ad campaign against PARCC, Common Core 2/19/2015 Asbury Park Press — Amanda Oglesby Saving School Choice Without Undermining Poor Communities 2/14/2015 Atlantic Magazine — Richard Khalenberg Keep the Federal Role in Low Performing Schools 2/11/2015 RealClearEducation — Paul Pastorek and Peter Cunningham Chicago-style grit needed to get through school 2/11/2015 Chicago Sun-Times — Michael Lomax One parent’s plea for accountability 2/9/2015 Colorado Chalkbeat — Arturo Garcia Graduation loophole common in Camden 2/9/2015 Cherry Hill Courier Post — Kevin C. Shelly Camden schools take stock one year into plan 2/5/2015 Cherry Hill Courier Post — Kevin C. Shelly The Common Core Has Not Killed Literature 2/3/2015 Atlantic Magazine — Meaghan Freeman Rule No. 84: Diane Ravitch’s Other Letter to Lamar Alexander 2/2/2015 Huffington Post — Peter Cunningham Common Core: States need high standards – by any name – for kids to succeed 1/29/2015 Hechinger Report — Bev Purdue A guide to No Child Left Behind as Congress tries to rewrite the law 1/23/2015 Vox — Libby Nelson Minnesota parents to Congress: maintain ‘No Child Left Behind’ testing 1/22/2015 Minnesota Post — Devin Henry The Moral Imperative of No Child Left Behind 1/14/2015 Washington Post — Editorial Board Education Secretary Arne Duncan to outline education priorities and defend testing. 1/9/2015 Washington Post — Lyndsey Layton Arne Duncan to call for No Child Left Behind Revamp 1/8/2015 Politico — Caitlin Emma Tennessee Embraced Common Core for a Reason 1/7/2015 The Tennesean — Karen Vogelsang Is school reform progressive? 12/21/2014 Hechinger Report — Peter Cunningham We need someone like King 12/16/2014 Albany Times Union — Amy Williams Camden superintendent asks students how to boost graduation rate 12/12/2014 Philadelphia Inquirer — Melanie Burney Common Core can help overcome our math phobia 12/10/2014 Cleveland Plain-Dealer — Alice Gill and Linda Gojack The myth of the irrelevant teacher 12/2/2014 Minnesota Post — Holly Kragthorpe Give the mayor credit: School graduation rates are up 11/26/2014 Chicago Reader — Ben Joravsky Election bodes well for R.I. students 11/25/2014 Providence Journal — Erika Sanzi What It Takes to Fix American Education 11/23/2014 The Daily Beast — Jonah Edelman Every Camden kid deserves good education 11/21/2014 Courier-Post — Yasmin Rios Tough lessons for Rahm 11/20/2014 Catalyst Chicago — Sarah Karp Education historian denounces Common Core 11/20/2014 Leaf-Chronicle — Lucas Johnson Oakland Schools chief outlines plan to raise graduation rate, make teachers feel more appreciated 11/18/2014 Oakland Tribune — Doug Oakley Camden school test scores flat 11/10/2014 Courier Post — Kevin C. Shelly An Open Letter to Randi Weingarten 10/31/2014 Education Week — Peter Cunningham Bursting the standardized testing bubble in Colorado 10/29/2014 Denver Post — Michael Vaughn Survey Finds Parents Mixed on Schools, Teachers’ Unions, Improvement Strategies 10/9/2014 Education Week — Karla Scoon Reid Too much teaching talent? 9/9/2014 Durham Herald Sun — Peter Cunningham Camden’s three R’s: Renaissance, Reform, Rouhanifard 9/6/2014 Courier Post — Phil Dunn Education Post aims to take the sting out of national conversations about school reform 9/1/2014 Washington Post — Lyndsey Layton PARCC chief says new tests “beautiful tools” 7/25/2014 Chalkbeat — Todd Engdahl Why Are Teachers Unions So Opposed to Change? 7/20/2014 Wall Street Journal — Antonio Villaraigosa Teachers in Oakland negotiate by limiting work hours 2/3/2014 SF Chronicle — Jill Tucker Share this post:Tweet