The first time I set foot in my daughter’s kindergarten classroom is the morning after the Uvalde school shooting. Because…
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In schools, we talk a lot about pronouncing names correctly, and the ease with which we pronounce some and the…
Hope is an optimistic state of mind, based upon an expectation of positive outcomes of events and circumstances in one's…
I am wired to be goal-oriented and whilst that brings me comfort, I decided that this time around, I would…
I know that whenever I enter my school, I not only need to look out for our Black students, but…
In teaching, we’re in the very business of kids leaving us. Often we get them for one year –sometimes, if…
As a student, I learned early on that my name was different. A kind of difference that was not bad,…
Educators have the most crucial job in the world. We prepare our students to not only be productive citizens but…
Being the parent of a child with significant learning differences means regularly relearning everything you have ever said as an…
How I loved the moment at the end of spring when our homeroom teacher would pass out the summer reading…
“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? — every, every minute?” For the past few years,…
Every February the 9th, I make it a point to celebrate National Pizza Day. It’s an act of remembrance -…
Making an effort to see an issue through their eyes, and letting folks know in all of the multimodal ways…
