California
Urban White Families Show New Energy for Racial Justice, but Do They Want It in Their Schools?
The day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison for killing George Floyd, writer Melinda D. Anderson tweeted that it “must’ve been a huge relief...
California
Many Teens Missed Out on Challenging Academics Before the Pandemic. Here's How We Can Change That.
For America’s teenagers, the void of the 2019-2021 school years runs deep. High schoolers missed out on time with friends, prom, graduation, athletics, and — perhaps most painfully — a clear path to...
COVID-19
Students at My School Aren’t Complaining About Wearing Masks
As the rhetoric around coronavirus grows more partisan, it is easy to assume the worst about everything. That is just what I typically do. I haven’t come in contact with many people over the last...
student achievement
3 Strategies To Make Your Classroom a Community
We are halfway through summer and the 2021-22 school year is only a few weeks away in some communities. After countless disruptions caused by the pandemic, the vast majority of schools are expected...
Teaching
Here's How Houston Is Bringing More Men of Color Into Teaching
How many teachers in your K-12 experience do you feel truly impacted you? It’s a Saturday afternoon in early June, and urban education expert Kwame Simmons sits in a classroom at Westbury High School...
COVID-19
I Almost Left Teaching But Then I Remembered Why I Started
This past year, I came the closest I ever have to ending my teaching career — midyear. Between August and December, my second graders and I had four different classroom models. The models were...
