Educators, let Minneapolis’ flames serve as a reminder, and a warning
In all honesty now, it kind of surprises me that like MPD’s 3rd Precinct, some of our schools haven’t gone up in flames already.
Educator Fighting for Public Education for our Communities and Finding My Voice in the Process
In all honesty now, it kind of surprises me that like MPD’s 3rd Precinct, some of our schools haven’t gone up in flames already.
To be sure, there is reimagining to be done as we return from the COVID19 quarantine and our schools begin open in the Fall.
Lord, please welcome my grandpop Home with open arms and words: Well done, my good and faithful servant…
There is nothing glamourous or flashy about the establishing, and existence, of love in our classrooms or in our purpose to educate students.
…on living in Camden as a city educator In the midst of the COVID19 quarantine that is proving to be enormously trying for tens of millions of Americans, I want to wish everyone tidings of safety, peace, and love during these difficult times. And while much has been written about Continue Reading…
Though counterintuitive, making academic gains, to city parents, is not synonymous with making a school, “better”. Parent choice by urban parents is more complex than “school quality”.
As I was struggling to catch a breath, I ran out of the classroom when I immediately began getting yelled at because I disobeyed my teacher without the chance to explain myself…
Anyone who cares about the wholistic development of children, including the educative process of children, had better #StayWoke in these COVID19 streets..
While neoliberal Democratic and conservative politicians as well as America’s corporate class habitually turn national crises into financial and power-concentrating opportunities to oppress poor and working people, this Coronavirus era represents a unique opening for America’s marginalized workers to assert and regain power.
In retrospect, however, these classroom angels don’t challenge us, and in lacking a challenge, these students don’t help us become better at our craft.