Nicaragua- Following Haiti’s Footsteps

Poverty in Nicaragua is in close proximity to Haiti, being the second poorest country in the Americas. With poverty comes high dropout rates in schools and high child labor, which all go hand-in-hand. According to Nina Lakhani, there is about 6 million people in…

On Equity and School Choice

One of the hottest buzz words in the election coming up next Tuesday is “equity.” All candidates are in…

“Lifting Students Up Without Lowering the Bar”

After speaking in class about how to identify critical teaching practices, I was really interested in reading this article and its perspective on teachers at a groundbreaking school in Washington D.C. (The original article, from NPR’s Code Switch…

Priority Education in Alabama

In July 2001 Alabama’s State Departments of Education invested in 7 schools in the southernmost part of the state. The 7 schools slated had fallen significantly when it came to standardized test scores and were in need of new leadership and policy implementation. Ten years…

Southern Bilingual Education

Bilingual education has become increasingly important with an influx of immigration and an increase in mixed race children with multiple language backgrounds entering school. The Southern United States is usually steadily behind the rest of the country in a lot of areas…

The Second Battle in the War for Equity: Students Pulling Ahead

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