When I was growing up in a small town in New Jersey, I didn’t have a single teacher of color….
Tackling curriculum in a teacher preparation program is complicated work. At Jackson State, we have three pathways and 18 teaching…
After several weeks of Black-led organized demonstrations since the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, education agencies and organizations…
As states and districts develop their plans for reopening schools in the fall, one key question is on the minds…
Across the country, districts and states are taking a variety of approaches to their sudden transition to distance learning. We…
As states and localities take the necessary precautions to keep communities safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic, teacher preparation…
How should states determine if a through-year summative assessment system is the right fit for their state and navigate the…
In partnership with the Walton Family Foundation, Education First developed a comprehensive “State of State Assessments: Part Two” report summarizing…
Design thinking — which encourages a focus on users and rapid experimentation — can help identify and address a range…
Last summer, two members of the MaineSpark Coalition traveled to Manchester, NH, to learn about something called “community mini-grants.” They’d…
This op-ed was originally published in The 74. More than 9 million children attend our country’s lowest-performing schools, the vast majority of them…
This essay was first published by Carnegie Corporation of New York. As the education laws came tumbling down from the statehouse,…
Earlier this month, Alison Harris Welcher, one of our Harvard Residents and a former teacher and principal, gave remarks at…
For decades, the US has largely relied on a one-size-fits-all approach to schooling. After over three decades of reform and…
