Parents

It’s That Time: A Back to School Checklist For Parents

The first weeks of the school year are busy, filled with meeting students and learning schedules—and it is the optimal time to set routines for back-to-school success. Setting practices and procedures is critical to ensuring a productive and...

Stories

Teaching

There’s an Obama in My Classroom—and Yours, Too

I came home from Bible study last night and turned on the TV. The president was onstage at the Democratic National Convention speaking with the conviction and intonation of a Baptist preacher on...

School Funding

What to the Chicago Principal Is the Fourth of July?

It's time for the Fourth of July! A time for cook outs, pool parties, and family but to me it's more than coordinating a "red, white, and blue" outfit and watching fireworks. Every year I observe the...

Teaching

A Chicago Teacher's Struggle to Get Kids to College in a Culture of Violence and Fear

Not so long ago, I learned that one of my former students, a fun-loving, academically strong kid who is now in high school, had a handgun stashed underneath his clothes in his dresser drawer. Some...

public schools

We Can’t Get Away From the Guns

We can’t get away from the guns. When our family moved from Chicago to Denver about five years ago, guns were a part of the reason. I had worked as the main spokesperson for the Chicago Public...

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