Teaching

School buildings closed across the country last spring, and now, they are reopening. The reopening plans vary state to state, city to city, and from distri

Every year, I ask my students to identify phenomena in our world that are both imagined and real. In other words, what are some things that: Have not alway

Chicago students demonstrated extraordinary character and resilience during the pandemic crisis transitioning from traditional classroom learning experienc

I cried as I set up my classroom this year. This was no dainty, politely fighting-back-tears kind of cry. It was a violent, sobbing, heaving cry that start

Although the teaching profession is female dominated, many positions above school level are held by men. We see this in administration, at the district lev

I desperately want to return to school in the fall and be with my kids. In the most non-melodramatic, non-trivial way possible—I am lost without them. I im

I have done a lot of self-reflection over the last few weeks. I am angry with myself. I, who pride myself on being culturally competent, feel like a fraud.

Dear America, Let me get this out of the way first thing: I am a public school teacher, and I wish I were in the classroom right now with your children. Ho

In 1990, I was a brand-new teacher in an unusual environment: a Chicago alternative high school where teens and young adults could earn their diplomas afte