Brightbeam Network

Amanda Gorman Is Climbing That Hill. Now if Only The Rest of Us Would Join Her.

Yesterday at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman stole the show. Lady Gaga? J-Lo? Garth…

4 years ago

No Retakes, No Extensions: A Student’s Open Letter To Incoming Education Secretary Miguel Cardona

This is a post by Gregory Wickham, a New York City student. He is the son of best-selling writer Alina Adams, who…

4 years ago

After the Insurrection, It’s Time To Listen To MLK

Tanesha Peeples is the Deputy Director for Activist Development at brightbeam. This post forst appeared on Education Post, one of…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Was DeVos Really the “Worst Secretary of Education Ever”?

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned last night, citing Wednesday’s putsch at the Capitol, Trump’s incitement of violence, and her concern that…

4 years ago

It's Every Student Succeeds Act’s Fifth Anniversary But There's Nothing to Celebrate

Five years ago TikTok, the video-sharing social networking platform, didn’t even exist. Today, the New York Times reports that over one-third of…

4 years ago

Without Assessment Data, We Won't Get Our Kids Back on Track.

This post is by my brightbeam colleague Garris Landon Stroud, a teacher from Greenville, Kentucky who runs the Kentucky School Talk blog.…

4 years ago

Will We Bury Our Heads in the Sand or Get Serious About Covid Learning Loss?

"More than ever, it is abundantly clear there is a need for real-time data on where our children stand academically.”…

4 years ago

This Memphis Mom (and Grandma!) Has a Thanksgiving Message for Joe Biden

Sarah Carpenter, executive director of Memphis Lift, spent much of the 2020 primary season bringing her message — her plea—for liberation…

4 years ago

My Son Spends Hours Watching “The Office” During His “Full Day” of Remote Instruction.

I knew something was wrong when, during what was supposed to be a full day of remote learning, my thirteen-year-old…

4 years ago

Yes, I Dropped Out of Stuyvesant High School to Homeschool Myself

This is a post by Gregory Wickham, a New York City student. He is the son of best-selling writer Alina…

4 years ago