Charter Schools
One Memphis Mom (and Grandma) Has a Thanksgiving Message for Joe Biden
Sarah Carpenter, executive director of Memphis Lift, spent much of the 2020 primary season bringing her message—her plea—for liberation from failing schools to all who were in the fight to become the...
Charter Schools
Samantha Bee's Latest on Education Shows She's Just Another Privileged Parent Who Doesn't Get It
Samantha Bee decided to go on the attack against school choice this week during her show, Full Frontal. Based on the first clip she played during her school choice rant, it was clear that Trump's...
student support
They Didn't Have a Chance to Say Goodbye
I have spent the week having flashbacks to a Friday in 2001 when I sobbed in my classroom. It was the middle of March and I was leaving my teaching job to accompany my future husband on his Navy...
COVID-19
I'm Definitely No Expert on Homeschooling But Here's How I'm Making It Through
I wish my kids loved to read. But they don’t. They don’t even like it very much. And this may present a challenge as we move forward into a pandemic that will likely have our kids out of school for...
Teaching
Correct Me If I'm Wrong, But Aren't Parent-Teacher Conferences Part of the Job?
Ever have those moments when something seems so crazy and so wrong that you fall into that trap of optimism and naïveté, convinced that finally, you have found something about which there will be...
Teaching
What You Think You Know About Restorative Justice Is Probably Wrong
On Monday, we ran a piece written by a mother whose experience with restorative justice was a horror story. Readers responded in large numbers to the piece, largely because it resonated personally...