Teaching

The same four students hang out together in front of my classroom most mornings. One set is female and the other male. I do not have these students in my c

Military kids have a different view of the world than most American children. As they bounce from station to station, they leave behind their new friends,

I talk a lot about how our students can change the world. And I mean it. Glance at the headlines any day this week, and I guarantee you’ll see examples of

We’ve seen it happen too many times to count. Every two to three years, state and district education chiefs across the country step down and, with no succe

Many people of privilege, myself included, have a hard time looking in the mirror and confronting their own racism. They will do anything to justify it. Ca

The latest Government Accountability Office analysis of school discipline policies has everyone talking about the disproportionate rates at which Black stu

The wave of teacher protests in the nation’s heartland are turning much-needed attention to the desperately under-resourced public school systems of many s

The day that I ended my career as a teacher, I woke up as a parent. I had taught for 15 years and I’d reached a career high, but still, I quit. The money w

“Twalet, mama.” This was my daughter’s way of telling me she needed to use the potty. She was 4 1/2 years old, couldn’t speak English, newly adopted and bl