What COVID-19 revealed about US schools -- and 4 ways to rethink education

Traditional assessment models reinforce educational inequity. Teachers need to invest the time, effort and honesty about our practices to better support our students. (Bonus: equitable assessment is better for teachers, too.)

Recently updated, teachers have looked to this book for over 20 years as a resource to help us see and understand what happens in our schools underneath demographic data and test score pie charts. Crucial reading for all educators.

Dr. Ewing powerfully documents an especially traumatic chapter in Chicago’s history, when 53 schools in non-white neighborhoods were closed for "under-performing," but this book chronicles much more than that specific injustice and the community response to it. Ghosts in the Schoolyard reveals much of the everyday inequities inherent to public school funding, discourse and decision-making.

This blog and podcast (and so much more) gathers tech tips, equity discussions, assessment models, parent engagement suggestions and everyday lesson ideas — all with a central theme of keeping teachers invested in developing our practice.