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For first-generation college students, having to overcome some adversity is often a common shared experience. Despite the challenges we have faced, being a

Teachers returning to the classroom across the country carry a heavy burden of explaining the unexplainable. Students will have hard questions about the ho

There is a crisis in California’s public education system. According to teachers unions and the NAACP, the crisis involves an attempted takeover of the pub

At the age of 2, I left the United States to live in my parents’ native country, Guatemala. I completed my first two years of schooling there. I have warm

“¡Mija, ya vamonos! Es hora de ir a la escuela.” I quickly shoved my notebook into my blue Jansport backpack, careful to not widen the hole growing on the

It was my first day of the student teaching portion of the UCLA IMPACT (Inspiring Minds through a Professional Alliance of Community Teachers) and my mento

I never thought I’d get here. I never thought I’d be legally allowed to stay in this country, be a college graduate or be a teacher. Coming originally from

With high suspension rates, low achievement scores and ineffective teachers, Pacoima Elementary had the dishonor of being one of the worst schools in Calif

As a young man, President Lyndon Johnson taught desperately poor children in South Texas and would often reference this eye-opening experience during his t