Learning Curve

Three days from now, my local school board will vote on a proposal to close my neighborhood elementary school. The vote follows 14 weeks...

A few months ago, I wrote about a visit to The Avalon School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Avalon is a small, teacher-powered school that has...

Feeling powerless is frustrating and stressful, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson write in their book, The Self-Driven Child: The Science...

Education is political. We live in a country where decisions about curriculum, testing, and graduation requirements aren’t solely in the...

Talking to members of Francis W. Parker’s Class of 2019 has been a love of mine since 2013, when they entered the school as 7th graders,...

As a relatively new mom, I’m relearning what it means to trust myself. In many areas of my life, I’ve developed a gut sense that helps...