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Biden shows once again that wins against critical race theory are never secure.

A faith-based program in New Orleans teaches adoptive parents how to understand children from troubled backgrounds.

Education Next Mention of 1619 Project sparks “grave concern” from Republican Senators Senator Mitch McConnell and 38 other Republican senators sent Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona a letter expressing “grave concern” with what they called the department’s “effort to reorient the bipartisan American History and Civics Education programs…toward a politicized and divisive agenda.” New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones is in the news after trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reportedly made her an offer to teach there without tenure. The most c...

amenic181 / iStock Each year as the weather warms and the school year ends, the stack of books on my bedside table gets taller. This year, my book list wrestles with many of the looming issues exacerbated or illuminated by Covid-19, including racial equity, the ways schools adapt to change, and how we care for our communities and ourselves in the toughest of times. The Teaching Profession If you’re looking for a hopeful peek into the ways that immense public and administrative trust can lead to excellent schools, reach for In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools (2021)...

Here’s why data and dialogue are the key to improving equity, diversity and inclusion Natalie Gochnour © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Carol Matthews-Shifflett gives an elbow bump to Emma Houston, Salt Lake County Government Human Resources training development facilitator and former director of the Salt Lake County Office of Diversity and Inclusion, after the Utah Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival and Holiday Commemorative Flag Raising Event outside of the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 19, 2020. Ninety minutes. That’s all it...