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Not Every Kid Looks Forward to Holiday Breaks
As a kid, I didn’t look forward to the holidays as much as my classmates did because it meant more time in a home that was filled with trauma and
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Teachers, Any Lesson About Thanksgiving Should Include Native American Perspectives
It is that time of year again. It is time for some teachers somewhere to completely botch incorporating Thanksgiving and Native Americans into the
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Current Events Put Racism on Display, No Matter How Hard Some Try to Hide It
In the words of Mugatu, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Defense lawyers in the trial seeking justice for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery,
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Watch What Happens When We Unleash Parent Power
By the age of 11, I knew how to set up the electricity for my house, enroll my siblings in school and lie to keep my undocumented family safe.
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If You’ve Been Silent About Child Justice, We Need You Now More Than Ever
We have a problem. The global COVID-19 pandemic has not only created a storm of challenges in policy and practice for public education; it also has
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Latinx Students Are Least Likely to Learn With a Teacher Who Looks Like Them
My community—the Latinx community—is the fastest-growing population in the U.S, accounting for 52% of growth in the last decade. Latinx students
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I Believe in Public Schools, But They Just Weren’t Working for My Son
“The wolf took one last look at his mother and father…” My son is reading aloud in the other room. I hear his little voice recounting the story
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Schools Now Have Tons of Money. What Are They Doing With It?
I live in Lawrence, New Jersey—a middle-class, diverse town, halfway between Princeton and Trenton. For years I was on the school board and was
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Building Trusting Relationships at School Will Help Us Move Forward
Trust is the centerpiece of any relationship and has played a critical role in our lives in the grueling year we just experienced as educators. On
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Here’s How Mask Mandates Can Violate the Civil Rights of Students With Disabilities
This fall most parents celebrated the return to in-person instruction after witnessing their children struggle with remote learning. For parents of
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Almost Two Years Into the Pandemic and We Still Haven’t Gotten to the Heart of Our Broken School System
The kids are vaxxed and in school, so why do I still feel so hopeless? 600-some days ago, the world shut down and my kids came home for what I was
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Here’s How My Middle School Kept Kids From Failing During Pandemic Isolation
As the horrors of World War II were drawing to a close, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously advised: “never let a good crisis go to
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To Improve EdTech, Focus on the Teachers and Students Who Use It
When the iPhone was introduced in 2007, much of the technology behind it had already existed for several years. “Technically speaking,” as
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Want to Restore Public Trust in Our Schools? Local News Can Help.
More than 50.7 million students will be enrolled in the United States public school system by 2022, according to federal predictions. Many of those
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Now Is the Time to Professionalize School Boards
Should schools reopen? Should students wear masks? Should vaccines be mandated? Should online learning continue to be a robust option? Does our