I never thought I’d get here. I never thought I’d be legally allowed to stay in this country, be a college graduate or be a teacher. Coming originally from Tijuana, Mexico, when I was 1 year old, my...
This May, I had the great honor of graduating from Morehouse College, the school of my dreams. I will never forget the day I knew that I wanted to go to Morehouse. I had just finished my associate of...
School reform advocate Derrell Bradford and policy writer Andy Rotherham hit on it. Illinois education writer Tracy Dell’Angela has a blog focused on it. Teacher/education writer Robert Pondiscio...
The year was 2015. I was teaching English to high school juniors in Albuquerque, the largest district in New Mexico. I loved my job and I loved my students. But I had a lot of concerns about...
Recently my school’s counseling department organized a showing of the documentary “Screenagers” to all 450 of our middle school students. The film explores the negative impacts of children spending...
