LGBTQ
LGBTQIA+ Student Booed by Adults at Tulsa School Board Meeting Speaks Out
A Tulsa middle schooler is speaking up after adults booed her at a Tulsa School Board (TPS) meeting last Monday. Speaking about their experience as a queer youth, the student called on TPS board...
Teaching
'Break My Soul' Is the Perfect Summer Anthem for Burnt Out Teachers
Music, in general, just has this uncanny ability to transmit positive vibrations throughout our bodies. But I would take it a step further by saying that there are a handful of songs that are special...
guns
How Many More Dead Children and Teachers?
As NBA coach Steve Kerr loudly pleaded a couple of weeks back during his press conference, when are we going to do something about this? At what point will our senators in Washington D.C. put their...
Charter Schools
Real Freedom Looks Like Black and Latinx Families Having the Power to Choose Their Own Schools
The Biden administration’s proposed new rules for the Charter Schools Program (CSP) would shift power away from Black families like mine, who support public charters, toward school districts and DC...
Social Emotional Learning
School Was Exhausting This Year. Here's How We Made It Through.
“How’s school?” friends and family asked me, all year long. I gave my typical response, “Always interesting!” But the truth? School, this year, was beautiful, heartbreaking, fulfilling, exhausting,...
Literacy
5 Summer Reading Tips to Set Your Students Up for Success
As we head into summer, I’m so excited to read that tall stack of books that’s been waiting for me. And I’m encouraging my fourth grade students to get to the library and build their own summer...
