VIDEO: Their Voices Matter. And So Does Yours.

Over the last three years, Education Post has built a national network of parents, teachers, students and others all across the country who have created…

VIDEO: The World Is Changing and These Students Won’t Be Left Behind

ReSchool Colorado is an initiative that is reimagining the school system with individual learners at the center of their own education. The video below tells the story…

VIDEO: Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson Is Helping Fund Young Engineers

Does the name Lonnie Johnson ring a bell? He’s the inventor of the Super Soaker. The popular water gun has grossed over $1 billion in…

Meet the Chicago Senior With $1.6 Million in College Scholarships

I have been thinking about college since my elementary school days at Frazier Prep, a charter school on Chicago’s West Side, where every classroom is…

Video: This 11-Year-Old Created a Book Club to Encourage More Black Boys to Read

Sidney Keys III is the 11-year-old that created a book club to encourage more Black boys to read and then later founded Books N Bros,…

WATCH: Meet Marley Dias, the 12-Year-Old Activist and Author

Meet Marley Dias. She’s a 12-year-old activist and author. In November 2015, Marley launched #1000BlackGirlBooks with a goal to collect 1,000 books with Black women…

WATCH: These Philly Parents Took a Freedom Ride to D.C. to Fight for Better Schools

On Wednesday, February 1, 2017, seven families from North Philadelphia set out on a journey for their children’s education. We called our journey a “Freedom…

VIDEO: Students of Color at America’s Top Schools Are Made to Feel Thankful for Just Being There

I recently wrote an article articulating my frustrations about fetishizing and valuing folks of color at elite institutions and wanted to follow-up with a video sharing…

VIDEO: Turns Out Everything I Thought About Public Charter Schools Was Wrong

When I interviewed for a position with Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP) in Rhode Island almost three years ago, my perception of “charter schools” was very…

VIDEO: Are Charter Schools Dividing the Black Community?

Making the Grade, a new partnership between Education Week and PBS News Hour, is so cool…and needed. Charter school news coverage has essentially become all…