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

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Ideas and Solutions

Summer School Reimagined

Summer learning programs are helping students through social-emotional learning, work-based learning, academic supports, and other enrichment opportunities.

Ideas and Solutions

A Summer of Fresh Starts

An Ohio school system is infusing fun and rigor into its summer program to help students get a strong start to the new academic year.

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Opinion

The Power of a Dorm Experience for Underserved Students

If we want students to thrive outside of school, we need to offer them opportunities to learn the skills they need to do so.

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Ideas and Solutions

Making Space for Youth Activism

Schools can be safe environments for students to explore ways to improve the world and the communities they live in.

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Recent Opinion Essays

Want to Support Children? Let Them Play
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Maya Reddy

Law Student, LGBTQ+ Athlete Activist
Our Kids Deserve the Honest Truth About U.S. History
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Alejandro Diasgranados

Elementary School Teacher & 2021 D.C. Teacher of the Year
Why Schools Need to Normalize and Prioritize Students’ Mental Health
Marlena Sauceda

Marlena Sauceda

Specialist, Development

One Day Magazine

Highlights from Teach For America's magazine

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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Juneteenth Through a Teacher’s Lens
A photo essay of Black Independence Day celebrations in two Dallas neighborhoods
During the Juneteenth march in South Dallas a marcher raises his fist as the African American flag using the Pan-African colors wave.
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Recent Stories

Top Issues

Students and Families Need Long-Term Solutions to the Homework Gap

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Ideas and Solutions

How Schools Can Address Black Students’ Unmet Mental Health Needs

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Top Issues

Opening Doors for LGBTQ+ Students

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Top Issues

What’s It Like to Graduate and Start College During a Pandemic?

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Policy and Advocacy

The Future of Policy & Education in the Black Community

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Ideas and Solutions

When Teachers Struggled to Address Racism, These Students Showed Them How

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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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