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I remember the first time I spoke up at a national conference in front of my colleagues. We were at a national meeting of a few hundred urban special educa

I believe women. Or, to be more precise, I believe the women, men and children who say they are victims of sexual abuse. I believe that making an accusatio

In her Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey addressed young girls around the globe by saying, “When that new day fi

In my creative writing class in high school, I envisioned a fantastical future where I worked as a district attorney prosecuting sex crimes and living in a

As a school-based social worker for over eight years, I know firsthand how punitive discipline practices impact students both in the short and long term. I

I will tell you that when I read about Aziz Ansari’s “date” gone wrong, my first thought was, “This woman needs to learn how to say a clear, verbal no and

Matt Lauer. Harvey Weinstein. Bill Cosby. Charlie Rose. Garrison Keillor. The list just keeps growing. But for every celebrity who has been fired or sued f

This is a guest post submitted by an author who prefers to remain anonymous due to the nature of the content. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey (Weinstein),

Malia had failed my ninth-grade English class for three consecutive quarters. She hadn’t come close to passing once. It wasn’t for lack of ability; her wri