Promoting Indigenous Sovereignty Through Education
Leaders share how they creating opportunities for students to receive an education rooted in Indigenous values.
Laura Zingg
Editorial Project Manager, One Day Studio
Taking the Numb Out of Numbers
The Data Strategy and Analytics Team at Tulsa Public Schools is charting a new path to support teachers, school leaders, and staff in leveraging the power of information to better serve students.
The TFA Editorial Team
Meet the Unexpected Experts Transforming a North Carolina Town
The residents of Tarboro, North Carolina, came together to map their toughest problems. Along the way, they realized their unique power to solve them.
Leah Fabel
Bridging the Success Gap After High School
Transitional programs help high school students earn credentials to enter good-paying jobs and pay for continuing education after graduation.
In South Carolina, Moving Beyond “Minimally Adequate” Schools
A newspaper’s blistering exposé of South Carolina schools has residents facing up to their state’s failing education system. Longtime advocates are seizing the opportunity to bring meaningful, widespread change.
Can We Get School Right for Our Youngest Learners?
In cities and states around the country, Teach For America alumni are building and leading the systems to nurture our nation’s youngest learners. Here’s a look at five places showing what’s possible.
How to Rock the Boat Right
How do you challenge the system without losing your job? Sam Rosaldo (L.A. '99) shares how he's resisted within the bureaucracy, one practical step at a time.
Searching For A Third Way to Measure Success
Parents, principals, and (ex) district leaders are calling out to evolve how we measure student and school progress beyond math and reading scores.
Ting Yu
Saskia Kahn
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.
Historical Movement Building in Native California and Beyond
From the heart of California, a second-generation alum leads a healing and racial justice movement to protect sovereign nations and honor the sacred—restoring Native land and people.From the heart of California, a second-generation alum leads a healing and racial justice movement to protect sovereign nations and honor the sacred—restoring Native land and people.
Terria Smith