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Social Emotional Learning Needs to Become How We Do School Not Just Another Thing We Do at School

Earlier this month, the fire alarm went off at my school as students were entering the building in the morning. For most people, this signifies something mundane: quickly leave the building and spend...

Achievement Gap

Don't Expect Results If You're Selling Your Students Short With Old Strategies

I teach English Language Arts to high school students in Washington, D.C. All of my students are students of color. While bright and talented, many struggle with academics and school in general....

Achievement Gap

Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

I don’t know about you, but I can’t just sit by and watch. It’s time for action. The latest battleground in the national war on charter schools is California, where elected officials have decided...

Teaching

I Have Stage IV Lung Cancer But I Couldn't Imagine Not Being in the Classroom

I always thought I'd be a professional baseball player. It was everything that ever mattered to me—even if I couldn't play, I knew I wanted to coach. In my early years of high school, I would...

Teaching

It Cost Nearly $250K to Teach My Son to Read. Here’s How to Do Better for Less.

My formerly illiterate fourth-grade son is now an eighth-grader at The Windward School for Children with Dyslexia, where he learned to read. Next year, he will attend Bard High School Early College...

Teaching

I Can't Say Thank You Enough to My Late High School Teacher Mr. Murphy

As we wrap up Teacher Appreciation Week, I’ve done some reflecting about my own years as a student. There are teachers who have a lasting impact on our lives and on April 2, I lost one of mine. Mr....

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Stories

Social Emotional Learning Needs to Become How We Do School Not Just Another Thing We Do at School

Don't Expect Results If You're Selling Your Students Short With Old Strategies

Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

I Have Stage IV Lung Cancer But I Couldn't Imagine Not Being in the Classroom

It Cost Nearly $250K to Teach My Son to Read. Here’s How to Do Better for Less.

I Can't Say Thank You Enough to My Late High School Teacher Mr. Murphy

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