Elaine Weiss
Elaine Weiss is the national coordinator for the Broader Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), where she works with a high-level task force and coalition partners to promote a comprehensive, evidence-based set of policies to allow all children to thrive. Follow her on Twitter: @BroaderBolder.
ALL POSTS BY Elaine Weiss
July 21, 2016Disparities in education begin at an early age and we as a society need to make a commitment to fund our schools equitably so all students have a chance to succeed.
April 1, 2016A unique new partnership between local leaders and teachers strengthened a community and its school system, even after it was devastated by one of the worst tornadoes in US history.
January 26, 2015For the first time in at least 50 years, low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation’s public schools.
October 20, 2014A teacher argues that America's schools have not “abandoned” the mission of Brown v. Board of Education, they never fully committed to it.
August 14, 2014A school superintendent in a rural Virginia community writes about the challenges facing teachers and administrators in poor districts.
July 30, 2014It's time for an anti-poverty contract that addresses minimum wages, paid sick leave, childcare, ending child hunger and ensuring that no one willing to work becomes destitute.
June 10, 2014A former teaching fellow writes that reforms meant to help our most disadvantaged kids sometimes end up exacerbating inequality and depriving them of fundamental basics.
May 7, 2014A new report says high school students perform worse the older they get. A pre-K administrator believes that bringing some lessons from pre-K to K-12 classrooms could make a difference.
April 12, 2014If we hope to improve educational outcomes, we need to demand policies that ensure that students can come to class well-fed and ready to learn.
February 26, 2014One teacher's perspective on today's data-driven education system.
