With the reauthorization of ESEA in the works, and an education speech by President Obama scheduled for Thursday, a coalition of civil rights groups, has weighed in on education reform in this timely report issued Monday (also discussed in this article in the Washington Post). Big shifts are happening–and indeed have taken place over the last decade–in public education, and the issue of equity and civil rights is often addressed only superficially and gets buried in debates over particulars. I am glad to see experienced civil rights advocates formally enter the policy debate.
For an excellent analysis of the points in the report, see Renee Moore’s newest post at TeachMoore. She writes from the perspective of a teacher leader and a parent.
Ariel Sacks began her 13-year teaching career in New York City public schools after earning her master’s degree at Bank Street College and has taught and coached in grades 7-9. She is the author of Whole Novels for the Whole Class: A Student Centered Approach (Jossey-Bass, 2014) and writes a teaching column for Education Week Teacher.
Ariel’s work as a teacher leader with the Center for Teaching Quality involved her in co-authoring Teaching 2030: What We Must Do For Our Public Schools – Now and in the Future. She was also featured in the CTQ book Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead Without Leaving.
She is currently working on a book about the role of creative writing in equitable, 21st century schools, and she speaks and leads workshops on the whole novels approach.
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