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For My Daughter’s Education, I’m Going to Move Mountains

A KIPP Philadelphia school mom goes to Capitol Hill to talk student mental health, gun safety and school choice with federal lawmakers

Tia Llopiz
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Black Astronaut Bernard Harris on ‘Terrestrial Mission’ to Boost STEM Education

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Opinion
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Black Community College Enrollment is Plummeting. How to Get Those Students Back

Stout & Carpenter: Schools need a new strategy to bolster access for learners of color who no longer see higher education as a viable pathway

Karen A. Stout & Francesca I. Carpenter
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Black history

Educators Must Take a Stand Against Racism & Teach Black History All Year Round

Fletcher: The country has gone from seeking to understand racism's harms to re-creating fear, isolation and willful ignorance for political gain

Taryn Fletcher
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Black educators

The Mis-Education of Black Students: Teaching the Truth in a Time of Oppression

Now in four cities, the Freedom Schools Literacy Academy is a culturally, racially affirming counterpoint to the current public school climate

Sharif El-Mekki

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National School Choice Week
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Future of High School

How One HS Offers Alumni Career Coaches — and Teaches Grads to Embrace Ambition

After Kelby Hicks graduated from North Carolina's KIPP Pride High, the young professional of color said his career coach proved to be a game changer

Kelby Hicks

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Returning to the Site of Their Segregated High School, Student Strikers Recall Their 1951 Protest and Urge That Its Role in Brown v. Board Not Be Forgotten

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao
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‘If You Don’t Tell Your Story, Somebody Else Will’: Sixty-Five Years Later, Brown v. Board Participants Work to Correct the Record

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
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‘Why School Choice Is the Black Choice’: In Washington, Black Educators Have the Debate Democratic Presidential Candidates Didn’t Want

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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3 Congress Members, 5 Education Leaders — Including Former NBA Star Jalen Rose — Honored for Their Charter School Work During Congressional Black Caucus Conference

Mimi Woldeyohannes
Author: Mimi Woldeyohannes
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Equity Does Not Mean Everyone Gets Nothing: There’s a Better Way to Address New York City’s Gifted Gap

Colin Seale
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A Note to Nick Hanauer: Income Inequality Hardly a Surprise If You Grew Up Poor in America and Abandoning Education Reform Not Going to Help Black and Brown Students

Charles Cole III
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When It Comes to Integration, Stop Debating Who Said What in 1970. Start Talking About What We Can Do in 2019

Lakisha Young
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WATCH: 74 Explains — What Is ‘Summer Melt’? And Could Text Messages Reverse the Disturbing Trend?

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74 Interview: Researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings on Culturally Relevant Teaching, the Role of Teachers in Trump’s America & Lessons From Her Two Decades in Education Research

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
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Williams: School Choice Panel at National Urban League Summit Shows We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About Charter Schools

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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The 74, Roland Martin and Partners Bring Town Hall Education Series on School Choice to the National Urban League’s Annual Conference

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King: A Tribute to Don Stewart, an Education Giant Who Helped Countless Black Students to and Through College

Tim King
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Marc Morial: National Urban League Marks 30 Years Nurturing Young Leaders, Defying At-Risks Odds for Black Children

Marc Morial
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Smaller Classes, Flexible Schedule and Guaranteed Admission to Purdue University: A Student Explains What’s Best About Purdue Polytechnic Charter School

Shawnta Barnes
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It’s Essential That Parents and Teachers Support One Another In and Out of the Classroom

Juanita Price
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McAllister: Is School Choice the Black Choice? It Must Be, to Aid the Cause of Equality

Lenny McAllister
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An Argument for More Federal Funding From an Ex-NASA Engineer Who Returned Home to Run the School His Parents Founded

Christopher Mayes
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Is School Choice the Black Choice: A Lack of Student Performance Data and the Need for More Black-Run Charters Focus of Philadelphia Town Hall

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao
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Is School Choice the Black Choice: Photos, Video and Reactions from Philadelphia Education Town Hall

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
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Video Replay: Roland Martin Brings Education Town Hall to Philadelphia, Talks With Local Leaders About School Quality, Equity and Choice

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Oakland’s New Opportunity Ticket Gives Students in Failing Schools a Shot at Attending Its Most Sought-After Ones

Lakisha Young
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A Philadelphia Catholic School Leader’s Vision for High Expectations in the Classroom, Empowering Families With School Choice — and Living the Golden Rule

Mimi Woldeyohannes
Author: Mimi Woldeyohannes
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The 74, Roland Martin and Partners Headed to Philadelphia Next Week for National Town Hall Education Series

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Watch: Students Empowered As They See Themselves and Their Lives Turned Into Art

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Margaret Fortune: How California’s Legislation Targeting Public Charter Schools Shows That Blue States Can Oppress Black People Too

Margaret Fortune
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El-Mekki: Stop Being Shocked by the College Admissions Scandal — America Has Never Been a Meritocracy — and Start Fighting for Real Equity

Sharif El-Mekki
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The Political Winds May Be Blowing Anti-School Choice Now, but Progressives Will Have to Embrace It Eventually

Andrew Pillow
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Let’s Not Forget Native American Students When Speaking Up for Underserved Students of Color

Shawnta Barnes
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A Black, Queer Female Mentor Fights for Funding and Respect So She Can Keep Helping Marginalized Students

Jonathan Higgins
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I Didn’t Have a Teacher Who Looked Like Me Till College — Why I’m Working to Change That for the Next Generation

Casey Chon
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Inside the Surprising SXSW Education Panel That Turned the Spotlight on the Gap Between White Families With Educational Options — and Black Neighbors Who Have None

Kate Stringer
Author: Kate Stringer
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Teaching Black Students Love in a System That Doesn’t Always Love Them Back

Lucas Lyons
Atlanta

‘Is School Choice the Black Choice?’: Roland Martin’s Education Town Hall in Atlanta Spotlights the Need for a Black Student Agenda and Unity

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao
Atlanta

‘It’s About the Kids’: Photos, Video, and Reader Reactions from Atlanta’s ‘Is School Choice the Black Choice?’ Education Town Hall

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
Georgia

Allen: Why We Need More Black-Led Charter Schools — and What I’ve Learned in Atlanta About the Challenges of Running Them Well

Jason B. Allen
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How One Education Leader’s Newark Nonprofit Became One of the Few Minority-Led Groups to Win a $30 Million Federal Grant to Fight Poverty

Mimi Woldeyohannes
Author: Mimi Woldeyohannes
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The 74, Roland Martin, and Partners Announce Atlanta as Next Stop in National Town Hall Education Series

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Cultural Identity Is Crucial. How to Spot It in Your Child’s Classroom and What to Do About It If It’s Not There

Tanzi West Barbour
National School Choice Week

Fuller: Call It ‘Ed Reform’ or Don’t — the Fight to Make Schools Work for Our Poorest Families Must Go On. To Stop Is to Dishonor King’s Memory

Dr. Howard Fuller
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Barnes: Changing School Start Times Detracts From More Pressing Issues and Poses Serious Challenges for Some Families

Shawnta Barnes
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WATCH: Roland Martin Talks School Choice, Classroom Innovation, and Closing the Achievement Gap With Education Experts in Indianapolis

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Personalized Learning

Watch: Inside Indianapolis’s Purdue Polytechnic High, an Innovative School Built Around Design Thinking That Offers a Direct Pathway to College

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Allen: I Lived the Struggle of Black Boys in Special Education, Which Is Why I Decided to Return to the Classroom

Jason B. Allen
4Fams

A Plaintiff Reflects: Why I Joined a Lawsuit Over My Son’s Pre-K Program — and Why I’m Thankful for the Courts That Made ‘Pre-K for All’ a NYC Reality

Susana Taveras
Indianapolis

‘School Choice Is the Black Choice’: Roland Martin Kicks Off Education Tour With Indianapolis Town Hall, Tough Questions About School Innovation & the Achievement Gap

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao
Indianapolis

‘I’m Down With Any School That’s Successfully Educating Children’: Here’s How Social Media Reacted to Roland Martin’s Indianapolis Town Hall on Education & Equity

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
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‘It’s All About the Relationship’: What One Indianapolis School Leader Says She’s Learned About How School Choice Empowers Parents to Engage With Their Schools — and Hold Them Accountable

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
Instagram

WATCH: How EdFit Indiana Works Between Families and Schools of Choice to Ensure Students ‘Get In Where They Fit In’

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Introducing Keeping It 100: A Place for ‘Real Talk’ and Honest Perspectives About the Challenges Students of Color Face in Getting an A+ Education

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40% of America’s Public Schools Don’t Have a Single Educator of Color. How the New Nonprofit BranchED Is Looking to Rethink That Minority Teacher Pipeline

Brendan Lowe
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King: College Attainment Is Hard — Especially for the Most Disadvantaged — but Not Pursuing a Degree Is Far Worse
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El-Mekki: Just 2% of U.S. Teachers Are Black Males, but at National Convening We Come Together as a Powerful Force for Change

Sharif El-Mekki
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Barnes: Indianapolis Consolidated Everything But Its Schools — Leaving 11 Different Districts Where Black Children Are Often Left Behind

Shawnta Barnes
Indianapolis

A Little Finland, a Little Canada, a Lot of Moxie: Why One Indianapolis Teachers College Is Betting It Can Train More Successful Educators After a Radical Reboot

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Pierce: Local Control of Schools Is Historically and Politically Important in Black Communities. State Takeovers Disempower Them

Raymond Pierce
#EDlection2018

After Avalanche of Mail-In and Provisional Ballots Swings Close Race, State Assemblyman Tony Thurmond to Become California’s Next State Superintendent

Laura Greanias
Author: Laura Greanias
Los Angeles

L.A. District Waives $56 Fee That Parents Had to Pay for Fingerprinting, Background Checks So They Could Volunteer in Kids’ Schools

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
Author: Esmeralda Fabián Romero
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The 74 & Roland Martin Kick Off National Education Town Hall Tour With Sunday Night Event in Indianapolis

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#EDlection2018

EDlection2018: Congressman Keith Ellison Edges Out Minnesota Attorney General Rival Who Sued Schools Over LGBT Student Rights

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Inspiring

New Jersey Hero Mom Takes Action After Receiving Ugly Social Media Post — and Prevents a Likely School Shooting in Kentucky

Lisa Nevans Locke
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Matching First-Generation, Low-Income Students to the Right College Is Complicated: Here’s What Happened to Me

Kei-Sygh Thomas
Connecticut

New Federal Lawsuit Takes on Hartford’s 30-Year School Desegregation Effort — and Challenges the Value of Integration Itself

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
The Big Picture

Study: One-Fifth of States Fail to Either Collect or Publicize Racial Data on Teachers, Despite Yawning Diversity Gap

Taylor Swaak
Author: Taylor Swaak
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Brown: Want to Close the Opportunity Gap? Start by Fixing the Diversity Gap Between Students of Color and Their Majority-White Teachers

Brandon Brown
Author: Brandon Brown
The Big Picture

America’s Achievement Gap — Made, Not Born? What a Study of 30,000 Students Reveals About Lowered Expectations and Poorer-Quality Instruction for Kids of Color

David Cantor
Author: David Cantor
The Big Picture

Plaintiff Oliver Brown Would Have Been 100 Years Old This Week: 8 Ways America’s Schools Have (and Haven’t) Changed Since the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board Verdict

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Los Angeles

More Than Half of California’s High School Grads Still Don’t Meet Minimum Requirements for the State’s Own Public Universities

Mario Koran
Author: Mario Koran
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#NotHereToBakeCookies: To Get Her Kids the Schools They Deserve, Advocate & ‘Mom-in-Chief’ Keri Rodrigues Has Raised a Parent Army

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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74 Interview: Longtime Civil Rights Activist Howard Fuller on Trump, DeVos, and What It’s Like to Advocate for School Choice in an Age of ‘Hypocrisy’

Mario Koran
Author: Mario Koran
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A Parent’s Perspective: Excuse Me, What Did You Call My Child? When the ‘Belief Gap’ Cuts a Little Too Close to Home

Chris Stewart
Author: Chris Stewart
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Jeffries: Fighting for Educational Equity in Martin Luther King’s Name Means Battling White Supremacy — and Facing the Consequences

Shavar Jeffries
Author: Shavar Jeffries
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WATCH: 5 Education Facts You Didn’t Know About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
The Big Picture

New Report: In 46 States, High School Graduation Requirements Aren’t Enough to Qualify for Nearby Public Universities

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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The 74 Interview: Teacher of the Year and Gun Owner Nate Bowling on Arming Teachers & Keeping Kids Safe in School

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
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74 Interview: Roland Martin’s Plans to Spread Quality Charters to Smaller Cities Post-NAACP

Naomi Nix
Author: Naomi Nix
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The 74 Interview: Prof. Matt Delmont on How Northern Whites Used Busing to Derail School Integration

Matt Barnum
Author: Matt Barnum
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