JD Solomon

$100 million doesn’t turn district around

Former Washington Post reporter Dale Russakoff's new book looks at what went wrong with Newark's ‘Hemisphere of Hope' and massive grant from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg that...

Confronting racial inequality in our schools

Politicians often express concern over the widening achievement gap between black and white students in this country. But there was a time when that...

Moving education beyond the report card

Once used to reflect successful memorization of facts and figures, the process of grading has transformed into a near meaningless code, often fogged by...

A substitute’s saga in New York City

When Elizabeth Rose's teaching job was cut, she was presented with two options: leave the profession or substitute in a different Manhattan public high...

Why K12 education needs diverse teachers

Leslie T. Fenwick has been praised as "a fearless voice in education on behalf of communities of color." As dean of the School of Education...

Sir Ken Robinson: The creative approach to teaching and learning

Sir Ken Robinson's 2006 TED talk, "How Schools Kill Creativity," still ranks as the most watched video of the series, viewed more than 30...