In I Can Do Anything, educator and author Nyla Calloway offers more than a beautiful children's story—she reveals a theory of teaching. Through the quiet labor of a Black mother's love, the book illustrates how dignity, possibility, and resilience are first cultivated at home. It reminds us that before children believe in themselves, someone must first believe for them—and that may be the first and most important lesson any child ever learns.

Artificial intelligence is not exposing what is wrong with students—it is exposing what is outdated about schools. As AI reshapes how we learn, teach, and create, the real question is not whether the technology belongs in education, but whether education is prepared for the future it reveals.

In an era when despair has become the dominant narrative in American education, this piece argues that naming failures is no longer enough. It makes the case for a disciplined, evidence-based pedagogy of hope—one capable of building the systems our children actually need.

To teach well, educators must begin well. The first month of school sets the tone for safety, wellness, and joy in learning. Research shows that when teachers prioritize well-being, belonging, and social-emotional growth before diving into content, students thrive academically and emotionally. Begin Well offers practical, evidence-based guidance for creating humanizing classrooms where both teachers and students flourish.

This summer, let’s treat ourselves to a different kind of professional development—one rooted in love. Informed by thirty years of research, I invite educators to grow in three essential practices: communication that begins in listening, visualization that sees student strengths, and community that nurtures belonging. These aren’t strategies—they’re ways of being. Let’s study love this summer, so we can teach it more powerfully in the fall.

As doors close for the summer, I want to talk about how to end a school year, how to finish well. We talk about how to start strong, how to manage classrooms, how to plan standards-aligned units. But what about the end? What do we do with all that we’ve lived and learned once the last bell rings? This meditation on that final stretch is a call not just to finish, but to finish well.

The hardest part of equity work isn’t data analysis. It isn’t professional development. It isn’t political backlash. It’s trust—not just gaining it but deserving it.

Blaming 5-year-olds for not being “ready” is how broken systems excuse themselves. What if the real test isn’t whether our children are school-ready—but whether our schools are child-ready?

We don’t have a curriculum problem—we have a trust problem. Teachers don’t teach what they’re told; they teach what they believe.

Some want to “save” America from DEI—but if DEI were saving America? History suggests that it has.

Before you walk away from DEI, you might want to know what actually worked—and how it can still work for you.

Schools are meant to reflect the communities they serve, fostering opportunity and fairness for all students. But what happens when efforts

Why are Black men so rare in America’s classrooms? Because schools have long been places that taught them they didn’t belong—and now they ca

What if education stopped asking multilingual children to fit into a ready-made world and started building a world ready for them?

The Supreme Court banned affirmative action, and universities claimed standardized tests would expand equity—why does it all feel like a lie

Equity matters, and this perspectives article explains why and why we reaffirm our commitment to equity work.

In a system designed to educate, it's ironic that so many students are learning how to disappear.

As we congratulate ourselves on 'progress,' this 5-year-old podcast reminds us real conversation on race never happened.

After relying on cellphones to save education during the pandemic, schools are now banning tools that could someday transform learning.

The future of DEI must be one of continuous evolution, informed by the lessons of the past but unafraid to innovate for the future.