California
How We Can Transform Schools Into Sites of Racial Healing
Students across the nation have joined in solidarity to ignite a long overdue national conversation on gun reform and school safety. So far, they’ve successfully garnered widespread public support...
Parents
If You Give White Teachers Guns, I'm Pulling My Black Son out of School
On December 14, 2012, a shooter walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 children and six adults. My firstborn son was 9 months old. At the time, kindergarten...
Politics
A Bullet Took My Student and I Want to Remember Him by Saving Other Lives
Take a moment and think back to when you were 12 years old. See life through the eyes of your 12-year-old self. What were you most excited about? What did you dream about, what were your hopes and...
activism
I’m Feeling Some Hope and Outrage Here on #NationalWalkoutDay
I’m starting a new thing here called “Hope and Outrage.” A lot of us wake up every morning with the goal of rallying people to fight for better educational options for our Black and Brown youth. When...
guns
I Support Student Walkouts But Not Without Consequences
This Wednesday, students are walking out of America’s schools in protest of gun violence. It’s projected that 2,500 schools will participate. As I scan Facebook and Twitter and listen to the parents...
Teaching
Our Country’s Addiction to Guns Is Endangering the Lives of Our Students
On March 14, students across the country will walk out of school to demand action on gun violence. They are telling elected officials, “Enough!” They are saying what most people know but are reticent...