guns
How Many More Dead Children and Teachers?
As NBA coach Steve Kerr loudly pleaded a couple of weeks back during his press conference, when are we going to do something about this? At what point will our senators in Washington D.C. put their...
Charter Schools
Real Freedom Looks Like Black and Latinx Families Having the Power to Choose Their Own Schools
The Biden administration’s proposed new rules for the Charter Schools Program (CSP) would shift power away from Black families like mine, who support public charters, toward school districts and DC...
Social Emotional Learning
School Was Exhausting This Year. Here's How We Made It Through.
“How’s school?” friends and family asked me, all year long. I gave my typical response, “Always interesting!” But the truth? School, this year, was beautiful, heartbreaking, fulfilling, exhausting,...
Literacy
5 Summer Reading Tips to Set Your Students Up for Success
As we head into summer, I’m so excited to read that tall stack of books that’s been waiting for me. And I’m encouraging my fourth grade students to get to the library and build their own summer...
Teaching
4 Ways School Leaders Can Address Teacher Burnout and Keep Talented Teachers in the Classroom
From the first day they stepped into their classrooms, educators have made personal sacrifices to help their students succeed. Whether they were purchasing school supplies with their own money or...
Math
When Teachers Pay Attention to How Their Students Think, Kids Can Make More Sense of Math
Amid COVID school disruptions, research has shown that for most students across the U.S., recent learning gains have been lower-than-typical in math. Given this current reality, educators are...
