Stories

Multilingual Learners

Here's How To Respect Newcomer Students As They Learn English

Migrants entered the United States in Texas and were bused to New York City, where they knew no one. Migrants arrived at the southern border and then were flown to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts,...

Teaching

Hey Shawnta! I Hate My School, My Principal, and My Job. I Love the Students, but I Don’t Think I Can Make It Through This Year. What Should I Do?

Hey Shawnta! I hate my school. I hate my principal. I hate my job. I love the students but don’t think I can make it through this year. What should I do? Sincerely, Love the Kids; Hate the Job Hi...

American Bully: The Making of a Bully

October is Bullying Prevention Month. We know our audiences are acutely aware of the damage schoolyard bullies do to other children. This year, we want to focus on the wave of adults who are coercing...

Literacy

Emily Hanford's New Podcast Explains How Teachers Were Sold a Story. Now Let's Follow the Science, Not Our Biases

Sold a Story, Emily Hanford’s most recent podcast about reading instruction in this country, opens with a story that is painfully familiar. Like Corinne Adams, the mom featured at the beginning of...

Give a Kid an Algorithm and They Learn for a Day; Teach Them How to Solve Problems and They Learn for a Lifetime

Okay y'all, I got a confession to make. I have a love-hate relationship with mathematical algorithms–those simple step-by-step directions that can be used to solve problems. The real math folx know...

Teaching

Wise Use of Time Creates Calmer, Kinder Schools

For my student Andrea, the seven-hour school day is a grind. She is at school early and has AP Calculus for first period, even though she is only partially awake at that hour. She will sit in her...