Two months ago, Baltimore City removed four Confederate statues from their pedestals. Now, if you want to see monuments to racism and inequity in our city, you can just walk to the nearest Baltimore City Public School. Poor performing,
Learning to Live in Baltimore
How schools can improve the health of students and their communities The 2017 Neighborhood Health Report by the Baltimore City Health Department is hard to read. It spells out the stark disparities and desperation in our city with a clarity
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Threading Baltimore Together
“If we want our students to not give up on themselves, we have to not give up on them.” — Sarah Hemminger Sarah Hemminger is out to save Baltimore the hard way –with the love and care
A D.C. Teacher’s Bold Vision to Improve Scandalously Poor Student Performance
Ever wonder what it would look like if we replaced failing institutionalized education with authentic learning and mastery? In “A D.C. Teacher’s Bold Vision to Improve Scandalously Poor Student Performance,” Rob Barnett offers an alternative to passing unprepared students on to
When School Budgets Don’t Add Up To Success
A recent article in the Baltimore Sun, Small schools, high salaries behind district’s budget gap, pointed to higher costs of small schools and relatively higher costs of salaries for teachers in the district as the cause of the budget cuts