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The connection between a lack of reading proficiency and low-income background is well-established. And while the barriers are real, this is a solvable problem—not simple, but solvable.

ELA teachers asked students to connect their personal and cultural identity to the academic content at key junctures in their lessons.

Alec talks to Amiee Winchester, director of continuous improvement at Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), and Zack Jaffe, a manager of continuous improvement at BCPS, about their improvement work on middle school and high school literacy, and particularly about the particular challenges and rewards of doing continuous improvement within a large urban school district.

Kinder buddies were the audience for the design and creation of literacy lanterns by 9th grade students at HTHCV

Sam Seidel, director of K12 strategy and research at Stanford d. School, tells the ...

Sam Seidel, director of K12 strategy and research at Stanford d. School, speaks about ...

As I sit in a small living room, an elderly woman details her experiences fifty years ago.

As I sit in a small living room, an elderly woman details her experiences fifty years ago.

Alec Patton talks to Liz Chu, Executive Director of the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University, about the new book she co-authored, The Learning Hive: Leading Collective Innovation to Transform Education Systems.

Alec Patton talks to Dr. Kim Carter, superintendent of Battle Creek Public Schools in Michigan, about how her district broke a pattern of outmigration through building relationships with families and local businesses and nonprofits based on transparency and LOTS of conversations.