Guest Blogger
Parent
Chicago, Illinois
Alana G. Baum is a Chicago Public Schools parent, a clinical psychologist and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where she is teaching a seminar on the psychology of hate.
This is a stressful time for many urban eighth-grade students and parents who are considering high school options, and hearing…
At Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center in Israel, there’s a photograph of a father with his hands covering his young…
Like many psychologists throughout the country, I’ve received countless calls from parents and teachers struggling with how to address last…
A few weeks ago, I watched my good friend’s nephew jump and tussle around on a trampoline with his friends at his eighth birthday party.…
As COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the end of the 2019-2020 school year, parents and politicians nationwide sang the praises of teachers across the country—and it…
We are at a precipice. Advocates and school leaders in nearly 100 districts all over the country have called for the removal of police in…
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