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Nick was a sixth-grader who, before joining my classroom, had been suspended from several of his previous schools. He is easy to pick out in a class of 30

On August 14, public schools in Los Angeles opened their doors to 700,000 wide-eyed students eager to learn. On August 23, the teachers union began a strik

After a much needed break from all things education, I returned to find an op-ed in the New York Times from Antioch University writing professor Erin Aubry

What do voters consider most important when it comes to public education? According to a recent poll commissioned by the largest teachers union in my home

Outrage: Fewer Susans The National Motto in the Classroom Act was passed in Tennessee last week. Basically, all schools in the state will now have to promi

This post generated a lot of thoughtful responses to which the author has written a reflection reconsidering his approach to race in this particular piece.

A few months into my time as Oregon’s Teacher of the Year I was asked to speak to the largest gathering of teachers in my state. As I stood at the podium,

It’s been quite a few days for the Supreme Court. First, they sided with anti-abortion right advocates in NIFLA v. Becerra. Then they upheld Trump’s Muslim

Just this year alone, Kanye West has said slavery was a “choice,” Roseanne Barr compared former Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett to an ape, Starbucks closed d