Stories

Vote Local Day 1: What Happens When Every Family Votes (ft. Khulia Pringle, Wendy Gonzalez-Neal and Maritza Guridy)

https://www.facebook.com/246491525549550/videos/2701969653401357 Our democratic system suffers without the input of families like yours. This is why we’re doing the #GetEducated Week of Action to...

Vote Local Day 2: Three Social Studies Teachers Hop Into a Zoom (ft. Michelle Pearson and Patrick Kelly)

https://www.facebook.com/246491525549550/videos/696484117634011 It’s easy to forget how powerful we can be for our communities regardless of what’s happening in national politics. So we’re hosting...

Teaching

You Can't Sit This Election Out. Your Students Are Watching.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016. I arrive at school bleary and unfocused—up too late the night before, fitful sleep, early rise. Class hasn’t started yet, students aren’t even officially supposed to be...

Here's How Your Vote Impacts Your Kid's School

We all know the top ballot item for November: who would be President of the United States. Most of us know the next-level ballot items: who would be our Senators, Congressional Representatives, and...

COVID-19

Even Remotely, I Still Plan to Lead a Student-Centered Second Grade

As we settle into this school year virtually, I’ve been a little nervous, but I am committed to providing my second grade students with the kind of student-centered instruction that transformed my...

Politics

Think Your Vote Doesn't Matter? Then Vote Local.

National media is entirely preoccupied by Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s ongoing barroom brawl. But there are 95,000 other seats across America up for grabs in our local towns and cities; in fact,...