Special Education
Teachers, We Need to Get Our Knees Off Our Students' Necks
Debate is raging across the country on how to return to school in the fall. The Trump administration, considering their abject disregard for the health of the American people during the pandemic,...
COVID-19
We Deserve Better Than Betsy DeVos and Her White Privilege Plan to Reopen Schools
My family was supposed to move back South this summer. That was the plan as soon as we left back in 2017. I will never forget the day my life changed. Sitting in room 134, a thought came to my mind...
COVID-19
NYC Schools, Now's the Time to Show Your Support for Immigrant Students and Families
Article co-authored by: Vanessa Luna is the co-founder and chief program officer of ImmSchools, an immigrant-led nonprofit transforming schools into safe and welcoming spaces for undocumented...
Special Education
Now Is the Time to Remake Our Schools With Equity in Mind
This week, the school reopening conversation is largely about when we reopen schools. Some people, including our president, want schools to reopen widely, as soon as possible. That position is...
equity
We Cannot Allow Reopening Schools to Be a Political Issue
After four years of being a largely forgotten policy area, PK-12 education suddenly became a national priority last week. Under ordinary circumstances, this should be cause for celebration, but the...
COVID-19
I Am a Teacher. Here's What Scares Me Most About COVID-19
I’m afraid of COVID-19. So are you. And so is everyone else. Fear is the only rational response given the current pandemic. Yet fear can be paralyzing and polarizing because we are sometimes scared...