The owners of Walmart, the Walton Family, are the richest family in the country. They’re worth…
Month: February 2021
Meet Newark’s Own Amanda Gorman, Seventh Grade Poet Makayla Brown
A month ago, as Amanda Gorman shared her beautiful prose during President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala…
Amazon Workers in Alabama Are Fighting for a Union
Let me congratulate the workers at Amazon for having the incredible courage to stand up and…
Do Charter Schools Cream Skim High Achievers and Push Out Low-Performing Students?
Though advocates cite charter schools as sources of innovation and competitive pressure, critics charge that charter…
EdNext Podcast: On State Standardized Testing, Flexibility Is Key
The executive director of the Center for Assessment, Scott Marion, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West…
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…
Educators Who Consider Themselves ‘White Allies’ Are Dangerous When It Comes To Developing Anti-Racist Classrooms
“I am a white ally,” the 30 something-year-old white teacher declared emphatically in the diversity and…
Ethnic Studies in California
Among California’s many distinctions, the state stands out for the minimal requirements it imposes for high-school…
The Education Exchange: At Relay Graduate School of Education, a Practice-Based Approach to Preparing Teachers
The Dean Fellow and head of the Teacher Preparation Program at the Relay Graduate School of…
How Jeb Bush’s ExcelinEd Is Tackling the Next 5 Years
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush launched ExcelinEd (formerly known as the Foundation for Excellence in Education)…