Urban schools don’t inspire much confidence these days. Politicians and policy leaders routinely bemoan their quality. And media outlets regularly run stories of “failing urban schools.” ...

Boyd said Urban Prep administrators were ready for the ruling to go in their favor. “I wouldn’t say we ever stopped preparing for the first day of school,” Boyd said. “This is just ...

Breaking a week of near silence, the new leader of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle said Wednesday his organization “did nothing wrong” in its dealings with Seattle Public Schools ...

I publish a lot of posts about school choice — the movement ... Indeed, my friends and I — and we’re not alone — feel that to stay in urban education and make a meaningful impact, we ...

THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A RURAL FARM, BUT IT’S ACTUALLY AN URBAN ONE LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF SENECA HIGH SCHOOL. IT’S SO MUCH ... USUALLY, WE’LL HAVE TO GO OUT ONCE A DAY AND COLLECT THE ...

getting their kids to school on that first day is difficult, so what we're doing and what the Urban League is doing is creating a space that breaks down a bunch of those barriers." Starbucks will ...