Huffington Post / April 19, 2017 As school districts brace for yet another set of battles over the merits and drawbacks of school choice schemes, charter schools, and other forms of privatization, a quiet but persistent reform has been taking… Read More
Cincinnati Herald / April 6, 2017 Travel opens new possibilities, says Tafrinda “T.J.” Smith, the Resource Coordinator at Mt. Airy Community Learning Center and the founder of Aspire! Girls Group for Mt. Airy’s 4th-6th grade girls. “They needed something to… Read More
Philly.com / March 25, 2017 Mayor Kenney bet big on community schools, a concept started elsewhere and brought to Philadelphia this school year. He ran on a promise to bring 25 of them to the city in four years, and… Read More
Cincinnati Refined There’s something happening in Price Hill. But it’s not what you think. First, let’s abandon the normal urban redevelopment jargon — words like “renaissance” that writers (myself included) are fond of using in order to imply the community… Read More