Stories

I was beyond excited when I accepted my first teaching position. I had worked hard all of those years, completed my student teaching, passed the certificat

I admire teachers who adopt an attitude best summed up by President Harry S Truman, who famously had a sign on his desk that said: “The buck stops here.” I

If we have really well-prepared young people who are going to the exact college they want to go to, who will graduate from college within six years with li

A growing number of people are outraged by our current immigration debacle involving refugees on the southern border of the United States: children in conc

On an early fall day a few years ago at a local playground, my friend Sarah and I watched as her three children reveled in their after-school freedom.  In

When our son was born, my husband and I knew a lot about how to prepare him to be a reader. We knew how to speak parentese—the exaggerated, higher-pitched

Because we want our children and grandchildren to be ready for college, NAACP members like me have chosen tuition-free public charter schools. But instead

Five years ago, I was named Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year.  The months and years following are a time in my life I now refer to as my “crisis of ego.” I

In my ideal world, summer would be a time for educators to relax and catch up with family and friends and culture, but that’s not economically feasible for