Achievement Gap
5 Most Read Posts of the Decade
It’s the end of a year, decade, era. While Education Post hasn’t existed for the entirety of the 2010s, we’ve seen a lot of phenomenal conversations happen on our digital pages. There have been harsh...
student support
We Need to Learn About Trauma to Help Kids Who Need Us Most
Everywhere you look, our schools are filled with traumatized children; children struggling not just to learn and succeed, but to survive. Too often, we think that trauma happens elsewhere. Not in our...
School Discipline
My Child Was a Victim of Restorative Justice. But It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.
In 2015, I started a three-year journey to acquire my doctorate in educational leadership. On top of going back to graduate school, I was a high school principal. It was a job I loved and one for...
activism
We Can't Fight This Education Battle If Our Trauma Beats Us Before We Beat the System
Last night during the Education Leaders of Color (EdLoc) Convening, an itty bitty lady from Puerto Rico with a powerful voice and massive mission was asked a question by one of my EdLoc sisters: How...
School Discipline
Effective School Discipline Starts With Your Classroom Culture
School discipline will always be a hotly debated topic. As an advocate, I have argued for more proactive, inclusionary practices that address prevention rather than reaction, but I realize that the...
bias
A Student Left in Handcuffs. We Need to Do Better So It Stops Happening.
There was the day that a sixth grader was upset, was blocked by an administrator from exiting a room and pushed his way past. Within the hour, he was sitting in the principal’s office, handcuffed,...
