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With a Little Radical Imagination, We Can Prepare Our Students to Become Leaders

Early in the school year, after our daily Pledge of Allegiance, my fifth grader, Cassandra, asked, “Why are people mad when Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem?” It was a thoughtful...

California

For My Family, Seeing Their First-Gen Latina Daughter Walk Across the Stage Would Have Been Everything

If I were a magician for a day, I would strike my wand and eliminate the memory of the coronavirus as well as its impact. Instead, I am a high school senior adjusting to life during a pandemic that...

Special Education

Reopening Schools While Coronavirus Is Still on the Loose Is Ass-Backward

I swear this country is ass-backward. In last week’s Senate hearing, Dr. Anthony Fauci—the nation’s leading expert on the coronavirus pandemic—said outright, “... states will face serious...

COVID-19

6 Strategies for Success in the Virtual Classroom

Like an uninvited guest, the COVID-19 pandemic swept into town, upending the school year and our very way of life. As we reinforce the need for social distancing and hand washing, school closures are...

student support

Schools Must Prepare Now to Address Student and Teacher Trauma

My students and I are entering our tenth week of remote learning, all of us isolated from one another and from our shared classroom space. I know that each student has adapted and coped in different...

student achievement

We Know Mississippi Can Improve Its Schools, If Only Our Leaders Would Get On Board

The state of Mississippi is often the butt of many jokes revolving around intelligence and education—or lack thereof. These jokes don’t happen for no reason; less than 22% of Mississippi students...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Stories

With a Little Radical Imagination, We Can Prepare Our Students to Become Leaders

For My Family, Seeing Their First-Gen Latina Daughter Walk Across the Stage Would Have Been Everything

Reopening Schools While Coronavirus Is Still on the Loose Is Ass-Backward

6 Strategies for Success in the Virtual Classroom

Schools Must Prepare Now to Address Student and Teacher Trauma

We Know Mississippi Can Improve Its Schools, If Only Our Leaders Would Get On Board