All kids are different, even when they come from you and theoretically have the same culture. Some of my kids had been more outgoing and had an easy ….

Middle-class kids get to play, develop their thinking ability. Poor kids are much more likely to get regimentation under the guise of socialization. ….

That's at the core of equity: understanding who your kids are and how to meet their needs. You are still focused on outcomes, but the path to get the….

The origins of these [schooling] federal policies were tied to President Johnson's war on poverty. Supplemental funds were sent to school districts s….

New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality. What we are giving poor kids….

It's been a struggling school for many, many years, and [that's] not surprising since it's serving some of the most disadvantaged kids in the city. I….

Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I had what my students n….

California, because of their Equity Funding Formula, moves a step in that direction by sending more resources to communities and students that face g….

It's about having a comprehensive vision that includes things like social supports while providing a high-quality education. It seems obvious, but wh….

Most departments of education are set up largely to regulate schools and hold them in compliance. They don't really help schools. When a school is st….

We know that African American students tend to be relational learners. It's about the relationships between a teacher and student. Students respond w….

It’s hard to think of another field in which experience is considered a liability and those who know the least about the nuts and bolts of an enterpr….

If students don't think that you care and can relate, especially as they get older, they tune you out. I didn't get it in my classes at the graduate ….

You don't see a positive culture, stability among teachers, or leadership. We don't focus enough in our policies on creating conditions to educating ….

We need to create schools that are organized to meet the needs of the kids they serve instead of what we've been doing. We expect kids to adjust to t….

Boys are still led to believe that power is associated with domination..