Colette Coleman is an education expert focused on equity and ending the literacy crisis. She is a former Teach For America teacher who also worked at an international school in Indonesia. Colette holds a Bachelor's degree from Yale and a Master's in education from Loyola Marymount University.
Colette's education op-eds have been in top outlets including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsweek. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and U.S. News and World Report. Colette was recently interviewed for a live segment on CBS News.
Colette is also a yoga teacher and avid practitioner. In addition to writing about education, she also covers wellness, yoga, and plant-based eating.
Sub-specialties:
- K-12 education in the U.S.
- Literacy in the U.S.
- Education technology
- The for-profit education sector
- Teaching
- Teacher pay
- Yoga
- Plant-based diet
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The Case for Paying All Teachers Six Figures
New York Times [May 28, 2021] -
Black History is American History
Newsweek [February 18, 2021] -
With Covid the African-American Literacy Crisis Will Get Much Worse
NAACP's The Crisis magazine [May 2020] -
CPS Strike Sends Message From Teachers
Chicago Tribune [October 23, 2019]















