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Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School.
Posted inElementary to High School

Switching sides in the teacher wars

Amadou Diallo is a journalist, playwright and photographer whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wirecutter, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera America and The Christian Science Monitor. He has been a regular contributor to The Hechinger Report since 2017. A former musician and composer, he is a graduate of New York University and is always happy to weigh in on just which of Miles Davis’ classic quintets was the best. by Amadou Diallo February 3, 2019March 30, 2020

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Gist was there to surprise Kamara with the school year’s first Golden Apple Award, recognizing him […]

Superintendent of Education John White speaks after his meeting with Gov. Bobby Jindal about public school testing, on Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The two men didn't reach an agreement in their dispute over the Common Core education standards. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

How John White survived Louisiana’s education reform tumult

by Kyle Spencer January 13, 2015October 21, 2020
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