Yeah I know, the last thing most of us parents want to do during summer is think about school. We just want to enjoy time with the kids at the park or sleep in a little longer. After all, this is...
This post is part of a series of posts celebrating students who are making it to and through college with the support of the KIPP charter school network’s Through College program. The United States...
Math is/was/always will be my worst subject. It doesn’t matter if it’s factorials (good God, what?), statistics (it looks easy but it’s not), or even something as simple as long division—there’s...
I was rushing to second period when my counselor asked, “Did you send your application to Dartmouth yet?” stopping to interrogate me in the hall. In my mind, Dartmouth College was not even on my...
Teacher training in the U.S. has been a crapshoot. Because when you're hiring first year teachers, sometimes you say “crap” and other times you say “shoot.” Kidding...kidding. There are a myriad of...