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Teachers Who Teach in Schools in Lower-Income Communities Don’t Get the Respect They Deserve

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! In my time as a teacher, I experienced what many who have worked in lower-income schools experienced. When I student taught in the high-SES school I had graduated from, and then later a neighboring district that was fairly affluent, […]

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The Dismantling of Public Education Part 3: Privatization

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Regardless of your opinions on school choice and voucher programs, the conversation around dismantling public education cannot ignore their role. Partly a product of a charter school myself (and later a public school teacher), I take the privatization of […]

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We’re in the Midst of the Dismantling of Public Education: Episode 1

You may have noticed that education has truly become a topic at the forefront of many political conversations over the past few years. So, of course, you would think this would mean politicians would be discussing funding, impactful reform, and how to retain teachers. But, unfortunately, those topics are not at the top of the agenda-at least not in the way we hoped.Â