Stories

Charter Schools

I Knew I Wanted to Teach Kids Whose Backgrounds Looked Just Like Mine'

Nylah Newkirk, Da´Montae Neclos and Dionte Edmonds fall out laughing while describing the unforgettable morning when their math teacher taught them about quadrants. There’s nothing particularly funny...

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Teaching

I Knew It Was Time to Leave My Classroom. I Hope 20 Years Was Enough.

Every tough decision comes with some measure of remorse for what could have been. As I finish out my 20th and final year as a teacher and prepare to move into an office to serve as my district’s...

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equity

I’m One of the Most Well-Known LGBTQ Teachers in the US and I Was Called Out by a Fourth-Grader for Failing to Be Gender Neutral

I messed up today. I messed up, and a nine-year-old called me out. In front of the whole class. That’s right, one of the most well-known LGBTQ teachers in the United States was called out by a fourth...

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Teaching

Congratulations, You Will Never Have to Do Your First Year of Teaching Again

I want to take a moment to shout out all the first-year teachers out there who made it through what was, in all likelihood, one of the most difficult years of your life. I will never forget my first...

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Achievement Gap

The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students

“I didn’t come here to teach those kinds of kids.” It’s alarming to think that adults charged with helping students of color succeed in school would hold such thoughts, much less say it aloud. But...

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California

Public Education in This Country Is Literally a Matter of Life and Death. Here's How It's Playing Out.

Last week, a group of Californians got what Dolly Hunt called their “Martin Luther King moment.” https://twitter.com/PeeplesChoice85/status/1131237556366979072?s=20 Here’s what happened. The...

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