The digital divide and the opportunity gap. These are two of the closely related and defining issues that educators and administrators are grappling with today. At DeKalb County School District in Georgia, we set out to create a plan that narrows the digital divide our students are facing at school,…

STEM and STEAM are all the rage these days, and for good reason--the skills students take away from STEM and STEAM classes help them succeed in advanced education classes, training programs, and the workforce. One junior high school in Texas has made it a mission to engage all students in…

When I adopted my two sons from an orphanage in Latvia, I faced the challenge of teaching my young boys to speak and read English. They picked up speaking pretty quickly, but reading and writing proved to be more challenging. We tried public schools, private schools, and most of the…