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

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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.

Opinion

The Loans That Steal Dreams

A recipient of Robert F. Smith's landmark donation to Morehouse College’s class of 2019 offers his perspective on how student loans deter millennials from pursuing their career aspirations and deepen the wealth gap in America.

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.

Ideas and Solutions

Think Beyond November: Learning Indigenous History and Perspectives All Year

Centering Native voices—and connecting the past to the present—are a crucial part of Indigenous studies.

Recent Opinion Essays

The U.S. Launched a War Against Indigenous Children. My Father Survived.

James Courage Singer

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

Stop Eliminating Gifted Programs and Calling It ‘Equity’

Colin Seale

Founder, thinkLaw

Moving Beyond the Gender Binary in Education

Jesse Holzman (they/them)

Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

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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.

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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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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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