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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.

Winona Little Owl

Leah Nichols

Animator

Faviola Leyva

Video Producer

An illustration of a young woman standing in the middle of a field of flowers.

Juneteenth Through a Teacher’s Lens

A photo essay of Black Independence Day celebrations in two Dallas neighborhoods

Joel Serin-Christ

Author

Elroy "EJ" Johnson

Photographer

During the Juneteenth march in South Dallas a marcher raises his fist as the African American flag using the Pan-African colors wave.

Students Labeled 'Asian' Are Not a Monolith. Why Are Schools Treating Them That Way?

States and K–12 schools still lump disparate groups of students together as “Asian” when collecting and disaggregating data. It’s a problem.

Sabrina Toppa

Author

Dustin Chambers

Photographer

How a Lawsuit Brought Pandemic Relief to Low-Income North Carolina Families

A community teamed up to get $5.5 million of COVID relief into the hands of families who needed it most.

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

Maria Burke

Illustrator

Illustration of three houses two of which have dollar bills on them

A Year of Pandemic Learning at One New Orleans-Area School

Everything changed for Laureate Academy Charter School when COVID-19 arrived. Here’s how the school community coped with a year of teaching, learning, and living through the pandemic.

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

Erik Jansen

Illustrator

An illustration shows an online classroom on the left of the image, and a school on the right, symbolizing the struggles schools have had with keep schools open due to COVID-19.

Tearing Down Barriers By Building Up People

For Black History Month, Black educators share how they are embracing culture as they lead, and why that matters.

Marquita Brown

Senior Editor, One Day Digital

A black female teacher Is Featured in a decorative yellow circle beside a black male young student in a decorative blue circle

19 Resources and Ideas to Celebrate MLK Day of Service Virtually

Resources and ideas on how you can virtually give back for MLK Day.

The TFA Editorial Team

Resources and Ideas to Celebrate MLK Day of Service Virtually

The Benefits of Family Empowerment Nights

Get a peek at how two schools collaborated on family empowerment nights that brought the community together.

Madeleine Burry

Parent and child at Family Empowerment Night

Keeping Hope Alive Through Dance

When a pandemic interrupted this Kentucky senior's plans to compete and dance around the country, she brought the rhythm to her hometown instead.

Paula Ann Solis

A woman mid air with legs tucked back performing a dance move with students

When Parents Won't Give Up

A group of Minneapolis parents with roots in Somalia are getting a distinctly American lesson in how education systems work, and just how much strategizing and speaking out it takes to be heard.

Leah Fabel

Nina Robinson

Looking up at a tall apartment building with a school attached to the bottom floor.