anti-racism

Minnesota’s state teachers union recently produced a report that calls for action on an issue that hits home for me as a teacher of color: increasing teach

Over the past year, there has been a lot of attention paid to the “opt-out” movement growing in pockets across U.S. public schools. Indeed, it’s a signific

When I was in high school, I went to a summer program for advanced students at the University of Delaware. There were lots of smart people there, but one o

There has been no education leader more critical to the progress and stability of the Denver Public Schools (DPS) than Mary Seawell. She was a strong and s

Years of ribbing by older cousins has given me a thick skin that helps the daily work I do with middle school students. But this thick skin, my shield, has

I homeschooled my son Joseph until he was 4 years old. Then I found Legacy Charter School, just by walking down the street. If I hadn’t found Legacy I woul

When you go to school, you should never feel like just another seat in the class. Everyone in the school should know you by name—not just the teachers, but

From preschool till my freshman year of high school, my grandma and I would commute about 30-40 minutes each day to a different city so I would be able to

Perspectives Charter School isn’t just a school for me. It has given me the foundation to open up my heart. It turned me into a straight-A student, helped