Accountability

Students, Families, and Educators Should Decide the Future of AI in Schools

Artificial intelligence is moving into schools quickly. In places with available resources, it is arriving through district-approved platforms. In others, it is entering quietly...

Teaching Is Leading

A love letter to the young people we're inviting into the classroom To the young person reading this — whether an auntie sent it to...

You Don’t Need a Nobel Prize To Know Ed Is an Investment

A University of Chicago economist won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for showing what Black educators, Black grandmothers, and Black freedom fighters...

Great Teachers Allow Black Parents To Breathe

With summer underway and students settled into break, it is worth recognizing the deep sigh of relief for Black families at this time of...

The Most Powerful Person at a School Board Meeting Is You

The most powerful person at a school board meeting is not the board president or the superintendent. It is each member of the public whose...

Most People Know Almost Nothing About School Boards, That’s Not Okay

It’s probably a safe bet that you do not know what your school board accomplished this past year or what their priorities are. Typically, school...

Mega Corporations Can Afford A Small Tax To Benefit Our Students

Some people are fired up about a one-dollar tax on ride-share trips in Philadelphia. Uber and Lyft are counting on that outrage. They are...

It’s up to You to Hold Your School Board Accountable

A few years ago, my son brought home his 6th progress report and I had to ask myself how a school system that spends...

Student Outcomes Must Be a School Board’s Top Priority

A school board has several responsibilities. They set the vision and goals for the district. They approve policies and the budget. They hire, evaluate, and can...

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