Stories

The other day I had the honor of attending a luncheon and panel discussion about our failure to provide equitable schooling here in Illinois. It was an imp

I grew up in Queens (St. Albans), New York, and attended Andrew Jackson High School in the early ’90s. My family, who migrated to New York from the island

I have spent the last 15 years of my life committed to serving students across Chicago as a teacher and a leader. But today, I am writing as the mother of

While President Trump took to his usual 140-characters Thursday to tip-toe around his support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program

Some logic statements for the teachers out there: Your kids love music. You love your kids. Therefore, you love music. Even though this conclusion isn’t so

Between a three-year state budget battle and the long-term war for fair school funding in Illinois, times have been tough for a while for parents of school

But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost… —Luke 14:28 The first time I

Teachers returning to the classroom across the country carry a heavy burden of explaining the unexplainable. Students will have hard questions about the ho

I attended a predominantly Latino grammar school. We were all friends for the most part—the Black students, Mexican students and the few White students tha