A “Support Ukraine” rally in Indianapolis on April 9. Children still come for after-school classes in math, science and chess, but the “Russian School of Indiana” has changed its name in response to the invasion of Ukraine, writes Rashika Jaipuriar in the Indianapolis Star. The Heritage School/Multicultural Education Center, which teaches in Russian and English, has added classes in Ukrainian and will host free English classes for Ukrainian refugees this summer. The school, f

Jung-ah Choi, a “college faculty member, teaching and writing about social justice, race, and education,” isn’t involved in her son’s school she writes on Kappan Online. An immigrant from South Korea, she thought she’d forge a partnership with her son’s teacher. Instead, she found teachers uninterested in her culture or parenting style. At her first parent-teacher conference, the teacher discussed her son’s progress in math and reading, then said he had a hard time following

The Education of Eva Moskowitz, a memoir by Success Academy founder, describes her evolution from charter skeptic to crusader. Moskowitz is always described as “controversial.” She plays New York City politics fiercely to get space for her growing network of schools, which boast very high test scores for low-income, black and Hispanic students. After teaching at Vanderbilt, Moskowitz and her husband moved back to New York City. In 1999, she won a City Council seat and joined

The college-educated class is “making sure their children retain their privileged status,” while the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks,” writes New York Times columnist David Brooks. “Cultivating successful children” is at the center of life for upper-middle-class parents, he writes. Meanwhile, “well-educated people tend to live in places like Portland, New York and San Francisco that have housing and construction rules that keep the poor and