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I wanted to write the standard feel-good piece for Teacher Appreciation Week. I really did, but it just felt inauthentic. Don’t get me wrong. I love teachi

Unpack the truth about critical race theory, why it matters in schools, and how it shapes the fight for educational equity across the U.S.

There would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.Dr. Carter G. Woodson The news has been full of parents, school boards and elected officia

You can’t teach my children if you don’t understand all the ways your systems will attempt to block their freedom.

Make this make sense for me: Kids are too young to learn critical race theory and their role in dismantling systems of white supremacy in a country that pr

Many children with autism struggle to find the words to express how they feel. But when it comes to music, it’s an entirely different situation. Evidence s

A critical part of education includes responding to the problems around us. We can do that in many ways in our schools and our classrooms. One way is by he

As an educator, I work in a Purple Heart school serving a high number of students from military families, most of whom are connected by at least one parent

During my 15 years of teaching, I have broken up many fights. I have been hit in the ear so hard that it rang me to sleep later that night; I have been sma