anti-racism
After the Insurrection, It's Time To Listen To MLK
Y’all know what, had education been done right in the first place then maybe we could’ve avoided this shit show called “Duck Dynasty: Civil War Edition”....
Charter Schools
3 Tips for Schools Hiring New Teachers to Teach Remotely
When schools across the nation shuttered their facilities to safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, all teachers were forced to make an immediate pivot to remote instruction. Those early days and...
COVID-19
It's Not a Radical Idea to Let Students Keep the Technology and Internet
COVID-19 has been a disaster for virtually every institution and education is no exception. With that being said, there has been one positive development—the proliferation of education technologies...
School Funding
Here’s What I Will Fight for in 2021
2020 was the pits. More than 300,000 Americans died from COVID. A dearth of presidential leadership that led to the politicization of wearing masks—the single most effective tool in the fight to...
Charter Schools
Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020
It’s easy to view remote learning through the lens of its deficits. After all, there’s really no substitute for the face-to-face rapport with an excellent teacher. As an educator supporting public...
COVID-19
The Most Important Question a Teacher Can Ask Is ‘How Are the Children?’
On the sun-glazed African continent, the most storied warrior people, incomparably formidable and sagacious in war, is the Maasai. It is perhaps unexpected, then, to learn the traditional greeting...
