As a former teacher, I know what it feels like to stand in front of students and want more for them than the system has made available. As a former superintendent, I know how difficult it is to move from big [...]

Long before I became a superintendent, researcher, or director of the National Center for the Elimination of Educational Disparities, I was a middle school teacher in my hometown of Selma, Alabama. That experience has never left me. Those memories are part [...]

Some commitments are not just professional. They are deeply personal. My commitment to inclusion began long before I became a superintendent, researcher, or director. It began as a child, watching my cousin with Down syndrome move through school in ways that [...]

Athletics, whether through PE classes, informal intramural sports, or formal teams, is one way our public schools try to keep their students healthy, engaged, and excited about school. However, for our children, physical activity is just one aspect of health and [...]

People often say that our public schools try to do too much; that schools should not be responsible and accountable for “all of society's problems.” However, the reality is that schools do not get to choose which issues they get to [...]

Each January, the calendar resets, classrooms reopen for a new semester, and we collectively get another chance to do school differently – and better. In this edition of Equity Express, as schools launch the second semester, we lean into a theme [...]