School Funding
Yes, Schools Can 'Build Back Better' From COVID-19, and Here's How
Since the United Nations’ 2006 post-tsunami report, Key Propositions for Building Back Better, the phrase Build Back Better has become the mantra of post-disaster reconstruction. Not only can...
School Funding
DeVos Released $3 Billion in Education Emergency Funds to State Governors. Too Bad It's Not Enough.
On April 3, Governors Asa Hutchinson and Jay Inslee sent a letter on behalf of all the nation’s governors to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pleading with her to release the education funds embedded...
COVID-19
Love in a Time of Distance Learning
As an inexperienced special education teacher, I vividly recall hearing the shouting nearby. I raced down the hall, fearful of an incident brewing. Standing there was Dr. L.—a teacher—yelling up into...
COVID-19
We're All First-Year Teachers Now, And Our First Lesson Should Be Grace
As I gathered materials to take home on what should have been our second day back from spring break, my school’s first-year English teacher, McKenna Quinn, popped in to say hello. She was carrying a...
IEP
Here's What I Suggest Schools Do Now to Support Students Through This Pandemic
This Coronavirus pandemic is truly a life-changing event. It is hard to even compare what we are experiencing to any other time period in American history. And, through it all, we know that the truth...
COVID-19
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' Guidance Is All Over the Place
Color her fickle. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos can’t seem to steer a steady course as she leads 55 million K-12 public school students and their parents, as well as America’s four million...