Education Post is the flagship platform of brightbeam, a network of education activists demanding a better education and a brighter future for every child.

Education Post seeks to elevate the voices of the people who matter most in the movement to improve schools: parents, kids and teachers.

They have built a national network of education advocates who celebrate successes, call out challenges, and speak up in defense of needed reforms through blogs, videos, op-eds and public appearances.

Their bloggers tackle three of the most pressing questions facing their schools:

How do they know if their schools are good enough?
What do they do when they’re not?
How do they ensure that all children have access to great schools?

Education Post supports reforms that seek to answer these questions, but you’ll find a wide variety of views expressed here.

They support school accountability. They think public schools should educate and prepare all children, regardless of income, race or ability. They believe the goal of every school should be to prepare each child for college and career, and they believe it is possible because there are public schools facing tremendous adversity that still manage to do it every day.

But how to achieve this is a matter of debate. Some of our bloggers advocate for real consequences for schools that fall short, but others worry that the fix is sometimes worse than the problem.

They also support strong charter schools. Charter schools are public schools, and they are open to all children equally. Children of color who live in urban areas tend to do better in charter schools than they do in traditional district-run schools.

But in some places where charter schools aren’t held to a higher bar or are allowed to conduct questionable practices, they challenge them to put the needs of children and families above all else.

Giving every child a better shot at the American Dream starts with providing a great education.

From our start in September 2014, our goal remains the same: making it safe to speak out, to advocate and to take a stand. Open, honest dialogue is the surest path to progress.

As they always say: “Better conversation, better education.”