While it is now more common to see districts in the U.S. releasing formal plans for Fall reopening—through June, most teachers and parents were left with almost no indication of what school will look like in September. But one district acted quickly in the Spring, engaged its community, and produced a comprehensive reopening plan. An […]

New report outlines 3 steps to help women become top school leaders In schools, we tell all children that they can be anything they want. It’s a striking irony that the leaders of our school systems — district superintendents and state chiefs — overwhelmingly are white men. A report that we at Chiefs for Change are releasing today takes […]

“Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand / A mighty woman with a torch,” reads the poem at the foot of the Statue of Liberty. With that light, the “Mother of Exiles” tells the world, “ ‘Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free / The wretched refuse of your […]