Was Teach First worth it?

I’ve just finished the last week of my job as a computer science teacher on the Teach First leadership development programme. I won’t be returning to the classroom next year, instead I’ve accepted a position in the software industry. The past two years have undoubtedly been the most…

My Teach for America Story

Students and I struggle and succeed in beautiful Mississippi.

The Potential of Sports Analytics to Revolutionize STEM Education

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Ed Reformer Since 1983

In over three decades of public service, Hillary Rodham…

Why The Future Isn’t STEM Education (And What Is)

Are you at a feast or a famine?

I see teachers hold one of two mindsets.

Teaching is a practice where people often adopt one of two mindsets: feast thinking or famine thinking. Instead of food, the commodity is ideas, resources, or even time.

Who Controls Education?

On the Control and Funding of Americas Public Schools

From the time the public education system was first established in the United States there has been one question that has been debated, attacked, argued about, fought over…

What does it take to be an urban schools superintendent? A whole lot more than you think.

Stop Saying Market-Based Reform. Please.

“Market-based reform” might be a great catchphrase, but it…