Op-eds for Impact
“Education leaders must ensure all children can look at their teacher and think, ‘That could be me someday.’ Representation is the spark that ignites a lifetime of possibility.”
—Alia Pope
Arkansas Policy Fellow
Op Eds
Why Being a Black, Female Science Teacher Matters So Much to Students Who Look Like Me
Alia Pope
- The 74
Arkansas
•Dec. 17, 2025Op Eds
The key to retaining great teachers? Let them lead and pay them for it
Marissa Tanner
- Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana
•Jan. 12, 2026Op Eds
Helping close Colorado school childrens’ literacy gaps | OPINION
Ellen Gelman
- Colorado Politics
Colorado
•Jan. 7, 2026