Stories about the people and communities working to make educational equity a reality

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Policy and Advocacy

The Crushing and Inequitable Burden of Student Debt

What would it take to solve the $1.6 trillion student debt crisis?

Ideas and Solutions

How Schools Are Building a More Inclusive Curriculum

 An increasing number of K-12 schools are incorporating ethnic studies into their classrooms.

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Policy and Advocacy

The Push to Expand Access to Teacher Certification for DACAmented Educators

Many states are struggling to recruit teachers—while also blocking DACA recipients from leading classrooms.

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Opinion

Everything Feels Impossible, but We Educators Keep Going for Our Students

Educators need more support to deal with ongoing challenges related to the coronavirus and political strife.

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Recent Opinion Essays

The Loans That Steal Dreams
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Carlos Outten

Contributing Writer
Stop Eliminating Gifted Programs and Calling It ‘Equity’
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Colin Seale

Founder, thinkLaw
The U.S. Launched a War Against Indigenous Children. My Father Survived.
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James Courage Singer

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies, Salt Lake Community College

One Day Magazine

Highlights from Teach For America's magazine

‘Ohana and ‘Āina: Connecting Family, Farming, and Freedom
Join 16-year-old high school student Jade Onaka in this animated video as she explores her family’s history to learn about the farming practices and Indigenous food systems that sustained Hawaiians for generations.
Food is Freedom is written in scratchy hand-written font with an illustration of two women's hands planting a kalo plant into the ground and a play button superimposed on top
A Family Finds Freedom Through Lakota Language
Winona Little Owl narrates her family’s story of learning their Native language, Lakota, and how the journey helped them reclaim their freedom.
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Recent Stories

Ideas and Solutions

Think Beyond November: Learning Indigenous History and Perspectives All Year

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Top Issues

Could This School District Be a Model for Creating Lasting Antiracist Policies?

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Ideas and Solutions

Culturally Responsive Support Is Key When College and COVID-19 Collide

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Ideas and Solutions

How Schools Can Address Black Students’ Unmet Mental Health Needs

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Top Issues

Why We Say “Opportunity Gap” Instead of “Achievement Gap”

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Ideas and Solutions

Making Space for Youth Activism

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Our Columnist

Opinion
A Reckoning of Systemic Racism and U.S. History Is Long Overdue
Efforts to prevent educators from teaching critical race theory are really about perpetuating a whitewashing of history.
June 17, 2021
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