Megan Allen

Dr. Megan Allen is a National Board Certified Teacher, 2010 Florida Teacher of the Year, the founder and owner/operator of The Community Classroom tutoring, and the host of To The Core: An Education Podcast For Parents. She's also served families as a public school teacher in Florida, a college and university faculty member, the director/developer of a graduate program for teachers, a director of a national non-profit. But her favorite role is the mama to one beautiful little toddler and the stepmama to four teens.

Posts By Megan Allen

equity

White Women Like Me Dominate the Teaching Profession. Here's Why That's a Problem

I can name the Black educators I had growing up on one hand. One. Hand. And if I add the ones I had in college and graduate school, I’m still on that same one hand (gulp). Let’s look at some data for...

equity

I Haven't Been Doing a Great Job Talking About Racism With My White Children. It's Time to Step It Up.

I’m going to admit something: I have not been doing a super job talking about racism with my four White stepkids. And part of the reason is that I worry about a misstep. Saying the wrong thing....

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I'm a White Mom With a Black Daughter and I Worry About Her Safety Every Day

I’m a White mom raising a strong, smart and beautiful Black daughter. We look different. I think about this all the time—that she is the intersection of much different variables than me. That she...

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