How English Learners Got Left Behind in the Drive Towards Equity

WHAT WE GOT WRONG: Many years ago, back in 2014, when the world was young and American politics had not yet gone wholly off the rails, I launched a policy research team to focus on young English learners (ELs). …

I’m an Education Advocate and That’s Why I Can’t (and Won’t) Sit Out the Immigration Fight

It can be tempting for education advocates to see immigration as a related, but not overlapping, issue. For folks accustomed to thinking about school funding…

Why Are White People So Afraid of Immigrant Kids?

Not long ago I was in Wilmington, Delaware—reporting another story—and I visited Academia Antonia Alonso, a two-way dual immersion charter school where over half the…

From Our Friends: Here Are Our Hopes for 2016

Last week I put out a call to all the members of our growing network of bloggers and friends to share their hopes for 2016…

Here’s What You Should Be Reading About the New ESEA

As the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act comes to head with a vote in the House today, pretty much everyone in education…

Hey, at Least Andrew Cuomo Didn’t Write the New No Child Left Behind

‘The single best thing that I can do,’ Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last year, is ‘break what is in essence one of the only ­remaining…