Building Positive Culture: More Than Just Compliance
If you are a teacher, then you are either back to work or you can feel the last days of your summer vacation beginning to slip away. For the majority… Read more »
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Reversing Tracking for Social Justice
Because tracking has been baked into the system of schooling, it is not something that is easily reversed. At my current school, we were able to do away with the… Read more »
Tracking: A Continuation of School Segregation
Almost 4 years ago, I started at a new school as a 7th grade math teacher. On the first day of school, I taught two separate sections of math class—… Read more »
To Other White Folks: Why the #blacklivesmatter Movement Matters
It’s been two years since the #blacklivesmatter movement appeared after the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the unjust murder of Trayvon Martin. In that same time, the media began to… Read more »
In America, Created Equal Doesn’t Equate to Equal Educational Opportunity
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty… Read more »
Orlando: Creating Space for Open Conversation
A week ago, our country watched in awe at the deadly shooting that took place in Orlando. The shooting was the largest mass-shooting in our nation’s modern history. It was… Read more »
Want to Know How Your School Handles Equity and Diversity?: Just Ask The Students
A few years back, I was talking with one of my students. Somehow the conversation led to me asking what people in his neighborhood thought of our school. Very emphatically… Read more »
Teach to Lead, New Orleans
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Teach to Lead Summit in New Orleans. The summit was set up in a format to create… Read more »
Change the World Starting With Your Own
As I was thumbing through my Facebook feed this morning, I came across a quote by Aza Brown Hightower: “You can’t change the whole world, so just work on your… Read more »
Kids Before Content
A topic that repeatedly comes up in education are standards. Whether it is the misinformed outlash that has been brought about by the Common Core or the scores that arise… Read more »