What if every teacher approached his or her work with legacy in mind? What if all educators viewed the future of other people’s children—i.e., their students, not just their own biological kids—as a...
“You can’t handle the truth.” I’m beginning to think there was great wisdom in these five words uttered by Colonel Jessup, the character played by Jack Nicholson in the 1992 film “A Few Good Men.”...
Before I began substituting at Young Women’s Leadership Charter School (YWLCS) of Chicago, I had only experienced charter schools from the outside looking in. I had a lot of ideas of what I thought...
Ramona Wilder comes from a long line of educators dating back to the 1800s when her great, great grandfather had old school church houses where they taught African Americans to read and write during...
"Aggressive," "strong-willed," "passionate." Those words have been falsely labeled as simple descriptors. In actuality, they are evidence of the continued sexism and racism that plagues our society....
