On the implications of the loneliness of school closures.
My son explains how it feels to be stuck home during school closures.
On the inherent injustice of neighborhood schools.
On how bilingual education is at risk of becoming a tool for primarily serving the privileged.
On how the public hasn’t yet decided how to measure the effectiveness of early education programs.
Profiling Washington, DC’s universal pre-K program.
On a recent charter schools debate at a National Urban League summit.
On Washington, DC’s universal pre-K program.
On the promise of–and problems with–the current crop of 2020 campaign education ideas. ‘At present, absent a comprehensive, urgent agenda, millions of American kids at schools like Oakland SOL continue muddling through. This is public education in America, where things are not as they should be, but that’s just about all we’ve come to expect.’
Reflections on a family visit to Disney World.