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Education for the Home Alone Generation
If all parts of a ship have been replaced, is it still the same ship? When does the old become new, or when does the new still inherit the old? The Ship of Theseus paradox, an illustration used by...
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Wake Up Middle America, or Keep Hitting the Privileged Snooze Button
Really, TCU, toilet paper? Some blogs are carefully researched and organized, and other blogs are the product of a single idea — a single energy which motivates you to give a clarion call for...
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Education in the Paint: It Comes Together with Teachers
Humor me for a minute and think of the education policy landscape as a basketball game. On the outside you have the point guard setting up the offense — the policymakers operating at different levels....
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Taking a Village: Adequately Supporting Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse in...
pearceedwards: My venture into a policy blog created and maintained by Teach For America Corps Members in Metro Atlanta! Originally posted on Lessons Learned: Written by Pearce Edwards, current TFA...
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Talking ‘Bout My Innovation: New Ideas in Traditional Education
“Successful entrepreneurs have a fascination for a particular kind of intellectual problem and a relentless, unstoppable, endlessly inventive, and improvisational effort to solve that problem.” -Angel...
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The “Unsinkable” Promise of Higher Education
Wouldn’t we have a more equitable society if we increased college readiness in K-12 education? The American university, however, suffers from deep issues of equal access for all American students...
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The Living History of Albany, Georgia
The rise of a nation, the pressing forward of a social class, means a bitter struggle, a hard and soul-sickening battle with the world such as few of the more favored classes know or appreciate....
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Education Reform Needs a Bigger Pie, Not Just a Better One
“By the end of the 1960s, the most forceful and persuasive arguments on the ghetto underclass had been provided by liberals, not conservatives. A few years later, just the opposite would be true, even...
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What Color Are Your Justice Glasses?
“The greatest threats are more subtle. They cut deeper. And their terrible impact endures long after the headlines have faded and obvious, ignorant expressions of hatred have been marginalized.”...
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Why I Left Teach For America At the Altar
I am leaving Teach For America after one year when I never thought I would. My decision to leave education is inextricably tied to my decision to leave Teach For America (TFA). In this final edition...
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