by elle@edudream.org | Jun 26, 2025 | Opinion
Looking Back to Look Ahead: The Cyclical Battle for Equity-Centered Research We’re living in unprecedented times. If you’ve tuned into any news in the last few months, you’ve likely heard this phrase and read about thousands of National Institute of Health grants at...
by elle@edudream.org | Mar 19, 2025 | Opinion
When Public Data Disappears: How Organizations Can Adapt with Data Strategy How do we measure the impact of our work when public data vanishes? In the United States, as the current administration continues to take down and defund many sources of publicly available...
by Smitten Admin | Sep 7, 2023 | Opinion
Post-Affirmative Action: Navigating the Path to Equity and Economic Mobility June, the month of finishing finals, walking across the stage for graduation, and the beginning of summer, quickly turned into a month of despair as the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ended the...
by Smitten Admin | Jul 27, 2023 | Opinion
Debunking Debt: The Drive for Student Loan Forgiveness Last month, in derailing President Biden’s plan to relieve $400 billion in student debt, the Supreme Court delivered a setback to our country’s ideals of education for all. College affordability and the student...
by Smitten Admin | Apr 26, 2023 | Opinion
40 Years of Standards-Based Reform: What Comes Next? Today marks the 40th anniversary of the National Commission on Excellence in Education’s publication of A Nation at Risk, which sent education reform into overdrive. Specifically, standards-based reform (SBR) became...
by Smitten Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Opinion
A Traumatized Generation: Our Collective Responsibility to Prevent School Shootings It’s hard to believe that my youngest turned 12 years old last month. Her birthday was a supersized Tuesday filled with pizza, bowling, arcade games, and a store-bought cake. Typically...