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...
by Smitten Admin | Jan 30, 2023 | Opinion
On Racial Healing: Using Data and Dialogue to Foster Learning As the nation observed Martin Luther King Day earlier this month, the United States is in an evolving space when it comes to acknowledging historical and present-day racism, and providing opportunities to...
by Smitten Admin | Dec 14, 2022 | Opinion, The Hub
Shifting to a National Assessment of Our Educational Priorities As 2022 comes to a close, we at EduDream are reflecting on what 2023 will bring for students who are now back in school for their second year of “normal” in-person learning. How are children really doing...