In recent years, Kentucky’s public schools have found themselves in a classic good-news, bad-news situation. The good news: Over the last 10 years or so, s
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Recently, I worked with a group of middle school students on an extended-day literary magazine publication. We discussed potential careers that the experie
Read MoreI’m the Crazy Mom Teachers Dread, But This One Won My Heart
I won’t forget the first day my son walked into his pre-K classroom in the fall of 2016. Filled with anxiety, I did the same thing I always do when control
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White teachers: here are a few things to keep in mind if you’re called racist in your classroom.
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