5 Essential Tools for Leading as a Person of Color
Showing up as an unapologetically Black leader in mostly-white spaces isn’t always easy, but here are a few tools to help get the job done.
Paula Ann Solis
Celebrating Black Leaders in Greater Chicago-Northwest Indiana
Three members share reflection on Black role models they’ve met during their educational journey.
The TFA Editorial Team
Black Leaders Work to Solve 3 Educational Issues Essential To Their Community
This Black History Month, we’re highlighting our partnerships with the National Women’s Law Center around school discipline reform and Black girls’ school pushout, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity around educational access and opportunity for Black men and boys, and UNCF around college access and the continued importance of historically black colleges and universities.
Can You Be a Principal and Still Have a Life?
Must you always be the first at school and the last to leave? Three principals who have this balance thing down share their tips.
Susan Brenna
What Teachers Would Change About Education
A new survey finds that teachers are looking for more opportunities to lead, influence policy, and end educational inequity?
Jessica Fregni
Writer-Editor, One Day
Identity-Based Learning: How PilotED Is Redefining Student Success
Leaders from the pilotED school in Barrington speak about their innovative identity-based K-8 school model and what it means to be part of the TFA network.
Cece Zhou
Managing Director, Regional Communications and Public Affairs, Teach For America
Six School Leaders Share Their Dream Field Trips
We asked educators: If money were no object and every permission slip was signed, where in the world (or beyond) would you take your students?
What Happens When Montessori Meets Teenagers?
As Maria Montessori’s methods gain popularity in public pre-K and elementary classrooms, educators are beginning to understand how (and why) the philosophy translates to high school, too.
Leah Fabel
Lone Star Turnaround
Texas is in the midst of an ambitious effort to spread its school turnaround successes statewide. Two principals and a state education leader share what they’re learning by doing.
Gender Inequities On The Path To School Leadership
Elena Ashburn (TFA-ENC '07) is currently the Principal of Broughton High School in Raleigh and a former teacher Southern Durham High School. This Women's History Month she reflects on her doctoral research on women in educational leadership and the barriers they face because of gender inequity as well as how this impacts her work today.