low-income
Pharrell Williams’ New School Offers a ‘Room Without a Roof’ to Low-Income Students
When you visit the Team Yellow website, a powerful statement appears: We will even the odds through education. The site, the movement, and the concept…
EXPLAINED: The American Rescue Plan Gives a Huge Boost to School Funding
What is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021? You may have heard it as the “second big COVID stimulus,” but the actual name is…
7 Steps to Help You Implement Trauma-Informed Practices at Your School
The only way to implement something well is through trial and error. In 2017, I proposed to my principal that teachers should adapt to trauma-informed…
The FCC Can Help End Digital Segregation Now by Expanding E-Rate
Exactly 60 years ago, James Baldwin wrote in Esquire magazine that “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to…
Oakland’s School Board Cares More About Politics Than It Does About Kids and Families
Reyna Morales lives in Oakland, California, and is the parent of two students at a high-performing charter school located in an area with a dearth…
The Government Is Still Preventing the Rise of the Black Messiah in Schools Today
I was gifted an advanced screening of “Judas and the Black Messiah” earlier this week and it affirmed just how much education equals power, while…
Schools Haven’t Figured It Out, So Give Money to the Parents. We Need It.
Whether you support your state’s reopening plans or not, the reality is families locked out of learning for nearly a year are getting fed up.…
How Do We ‘IGNITE’ Social Change in the Next Generation of Leaders?
The impact of COVID-19 on the education community was astonishing. Educators pivoted all of their curricula to a virtual landscape for the first time. Guardians…
Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020
It’s easy to view remote learning through the lens of its deficits. After all, there’s really no substitute for the face-to-face rapport with an excellent…
Civil Rights Groups Insist on Testing: ‘You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure.’
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, the clock is soon-to-be-Ex-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who has told states that…
