Charter Schools
White People Need to Understand That Helping Is Not the Same as Controlling
A few weeks ago, I attended a conference called Educator Summit in Philadelphia. I’m not much of a conference attendee and didn’t know exactly what to expect. I stood in the back of a dimly lit...
equity
How Do We Bring Magic Into the Classroom? Georgia's New Teacher of the Year Shows the Way.
For 2020 Georgia Teacher of the Year Tracey Nance Pendley, the road to teaching was not easy. Pendley’s mother was a drug addict who was in and out of prison; when Pendley was 13, her mother died....
Teaching
Cardi B Is Teaching Us the Black History We Didn't Get in Schools
The media is all over Cardi B for making a video with democratic socialist candidate Bernie Sanders. People who don’t know her are quick to dismiss her as an “uninformed, uneducated Black woman...
Teaching
6 Things New Teachers Can Do Now to Start the Year Off Right
I was beyond excited when I accepted my first teaching position. I had worked hard all of those years, completed my student teaching, passed the certification tests and was ready to start out in the...
equity
If We Want More Black Educators, We Need More Black Graduates
I don’t know if y’all have noticed, but there’s a growing movement of power and support for the Black educator network around the country. https://twitter.com/teachLTL/status/1152635298561458176?s=20...
Teaching
These 10 Leadership Moves Will Transform Relationships in Your School
I admire teachers who adopt an attitude best summed up by President Harry S Truman, who famously had a sign on his desk that said: “The buck stops here.” It meant that he accepted responsibility for...