COVID-19
3 Reasons Why Principals Should Make Time to Teach
COVID-19 rocked our school the first week of our opening this school year. We started the year with three staff members out due to the COVID-19 protocol. Unsure of what to do, I decided to do...
Parents
Times Are Tough. Asking Teachers to Get Tougher Isn't the Answer.
Wednesday started out like any other; I left my house at 7:00 am to drive to my school campus, where I teach bilingual early childhood special education. Out of nowhere, I burst into tears. I thought...
student support
Here's How We Can Make Sure Every Latino Student Feels Like They Belong
During my freshman-year orientation in college, in the fall of 1997, several people asked me if I knew Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the queen of Tejano music. It struck me as a strange question. The...
California
6 Ways We Can Help Reverse COVID Learning Loss for English Learners
Twenty-one months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency. With a new school year underway, the United States (U.S.) public school system has not returned to its...
Teaching
Q&A With Paige Kowalski: Getting Transparent About Student Data
Student data. Standardized testing. Accountability. These words set off a lot of big feelings among parents, educators and policymakers — especially fear and anger. Controversies over testing,...
Teaching
When My Struggling Readers Won't Read for School, but They Will for Squid Game
“Squid Game” is graphic and not meant for young audiences. This is not an endorsement of using the show as teaching material. As a teacher, I typically find out about new things from my students. By...
