Teaching
Dear Black Students, Your Freedom Will Not Come From What You Learn in School
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. Audre Lorde Dear Black Students: I understand how frustrating it must be to see all the anti-Blackness in the world now and feel unprepared...
IEP
How I'm Helping My Child With Special Needs Navigate Remote Learning
My children always start school two weeks before everyone else. So after two weeks of e-learning—or what I am calling two-weeks “in the trenches”—I feel like I am ready to offer suggestions to all...
anti-racism
Let's Celebrate Scholarships and Financial Aid Like We Celebrate College Acceptance
This is the time of the year that high schools, parents and students are proudly boasting about their acceptance into colleges and universities. Acceptance to highly competitive colleges and...
Special Education
No, It's Not OK to Leave My Child Behind, Even in a National Crisis
As a disability advocate and a parent of a child with autism, I’m hearing stories from other parents of children with autism that break my heart! Here is one story from a fellow mom who shows us all...
equity
If It's Important for Girls to Lead, Let's Make It a Priority at School
Coronavirus has given us little to celebrate. My hope is that one of the silver linings during this crisis is that all students, but especially girls, have the opportunity to see women in positions...
IEP
Here's What I Suggest Schools Do Now to Support Students Through This Pandemic
This Coronavirus pandemic is truly a life-changing event. It is hard to even compare what we are experiencing to any other time period in American history. And, through it all, we know that the truth...
