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Believe It or Not, Trump and DeVos Have Done Some Good for American Education

I’ve been leading Getting NYC Kindergarten and Getting Into NYC High School workshops for New York City parents for approximately 15 years. But only since the 2016 presidential elections has the...

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Half of NYC Public School Students Will Fail Their AP Exams, So Why Are We...

AP (advanced placement) classes are designed for students to fail.  In 2018, just over 50% of New York City public school students who took one or more AP exams passed at least one of the exams. That...

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Six Tips for Talking to Kids About Coronavirus

As much as we want to put on a brave face and continue living our life like “normal,” the underlying levels of anxiety continue to rise as parents and children fear the uncertainties beyond testing,...

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VIDEO: I Fight Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline for My Students and for...

Every day during the week I teach Black and Brown kids at a school in the ’hood. Then every Saturday or Sunday I visit my husband in prison, where all I see around me are Black and Brown men. No doubt...

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White Families You’re Not Doing My Kids Any Favors By Sending Your Kids to...

The big buzz word in New York City education is: Diversity. On October 26, 2017, yet another plan was announced, this time promising to bring diversity to Lower Manhattan’s District 1. District 1 is...

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What Happens When Even the ‘Best’ Neighborhood School Treats Its Students...

The New York Post recently profiled Wesley Clark, a 9-year-old fourth-grader at PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights. The article describes a “supposedly progressive Brooklyn Heights public school that talks a...

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How My School Blocked Me From Teaching ‘The Hate U Give’

While “The Hate U Give” is a best-selling book and top-rated film, I’m getting some real pushback from my administration about having my students read the book and see the film in my English language...

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Vote Local Day 5: Care About Schools? Vote Local. (ft. Alina Adams)

Yes, there is a big national election happening. But if you really want to improve policy in education, we need to #VoteLocal.  New York School Talk writer and New York City mom Alina Adams joins host...

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The Epidemic We’re Not Talking About: Most High School Seniors Can’t Read or...

The National Assessment for Education Progress (NAEP)—nicknamed “America’s Report Card”—released their 12th grade scores at the end of October.  The horrifying results: Just 37% of 12th-graders...

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Why I Gave My Son Permission to Drop Out of High School

We see a child in a maple treeWe’re watching him climb,You and I.You say, “Come down,You’ll hurt yourself!”I say, “Go upYou’re touching the sky!”– “Seeing Things” by John Kander and Fred Ebb Those...

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