student achievement
Teachers Shouldn't Have to Wait Until Summer to Get Professional Development
The end of the school year is always my favorite time. With standardized assessments finished, it’s my time to finally breathe, slow down to reflect on the year and work on my goals. Recently, I...
student achievement
I Didn't Want to Go to KIPP But Now I'm in College and I Totally Get It
It's 5:45 a.m. on a Monday in mid-August. The year is 2006 and my mom is rapping on my bedroom door. “Julien! Time to get up Ju, you have school in an hour,” my mom says as I rise out of the bed...
Mental Health
School Shootings Aren't the Only Things School Police Officers Need to Train For
In light of recent school shootings, one of the proposed solutions has been to put more school police officers in schools. In the last 30 years, we have dramatically increased the presence of police...
Why the Teaching Profession Is So White and What We Can Do About It
Recently, my students taught each other how to say “good morning” in the languages they use at home. In just a few minutes, we all learned how to greet each other in English, Spanish, Navajo and...
Latinx
I'm Proud to Be First-Gen, But There's a Lot More to Me Than Just That
I am proud to be the first in my family to have gone to college. However, that is not all I am. I am the first in my immediate family (mom and dad) to graduate middle school, high school, a four-year...
Diversity
We Need to Stop Pulling Black Girls Out of Schools for Dress Code Violations
Dress code enforcement is as American as apple pie. Most of us have had some experience with dress codes, either in school or the workplace. And like all other things American, dress codes often...
