Teacher Strikes Aren't Just About Pay, They're About Better Bosses

Teacher Strikes Aren’t Just About Pay, They’re About Better Bosses

This past year, we have witnessed an historic number of teacher strikes across the country. The demands of picketing teachers in Arizona, Denver, Los Angel

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I Show the Black Boys in My Classroom What's Possible

I Show the Black Boys in My Classroom What’s Possible

Trinity Gardens, Houston, Texas. A community that was rich with family, love and pride. A neighborhood that contributed to the uniqueness of the north side

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Even in Death, Black and Brown Students Are Dehumanized

Even in Death, Black and Brown Students Are Dehumanized

In my second year of teaching, I had a notorious student we’ll call Israel. After the first day of class, we sat down and discussed appropriate expectation

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I Didn't Think Personalized Learning Would Be Right For My Classroom But I'm So Glad I Was Wrong

I Didn’t Think Personalized Learning Would Be Right For My Classroom But I’m So Glad I Was Wrong

In my first year of teaching I had the opportunity to teach in a school that was piloting personalized learning. As I got more comfortable with teaching an

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Afi Tagnedji's Making Sure Students' Voices Are Heard in the Equity Conversation

Afi Tagnedji’s Making Sure Students’ Voices Are Heard in the Equity Conversation

Everyone is talking about how schools should care about equity for their students, but that can’t be the whole conversation. Equity has to mean more than j

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Puberty Is Hard, and So Is Teaching About It

Puberty Is Hard, and So Is Teaching About It

Puberty is hard. Teaching it ain’t easy either. Still, those “what happens to my body” conversations are a perfect test-case for why school is pretty impor

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New to Teaching? These 4 Tips Will Improve Your Classroom

New to Teaching? These 4 Tips Will Improve Your Classroom

I’m still less than a year into my new role as a teacher coach specializing in supporting first-year teachers, but here are four things that have stood out

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What It Feels Like to Lose One of the Two Black Teachers at Your School

What It Feels Like to Lose One of the Two Black Teachers at Your School

Last week I got an email that one of my son’s two kindergarten teachers, Ms. Ashley, is starting her maternity leave and he’s getting a new co-teacher for

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Betsy DeVos Wants Larger Paychecks For Teachers Who Deliver Results for Kids

Betsy DeVos Wants Larger Paychecks For Teachers Who Deliver Results for Kids

In a recent statement to Congress, Betsy DeVos, the nation’s education chief, made the following statement: Students may be better served by being in large

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