Teaching

My friend and esteemed colleague, Chris Stewart, often asks, “How are the children?” Well, according to Jasmine Lane’s tweet thread asking rhetorical quest

When we hire White teachers, their quality is generally assumed rather than questioned. But when we look at Black educators, their quality is generally que

Imagine you’re a new teacher in a traditional public school district. You have spent the summer planning for and worrying about the upcoming year. You have

Many schools are preparing for their first conferences with parents. Unlike Back-to-School Night where parents receive general information about the school

First, a 30-minute student-led parent-teacher conference with one child’s homeroom teacher. Then, six five-minute conferences with another son’s individual

You know what? It’s a real shame that people can’t seem to separate politics from public service. Because if one more person comes on one of my social medi

This week marks the 40th anniversary of President Jimmy Carter signing the legislation that authorized him to create the U.S. Department of Education (ED).

[pullquote position=”right”]Our students want to know more than we are telling them.[/pullquote] I teach a class in which my predominantly White juniors an

Wherever you exist on the political spectrum, the U.S. Department of Education’s work has never been more relevant to the lives of families and students, a