Guest Blogger
Attorney and Former Educator
Los Angeles, California
Halli Bayer is an attorney and former middle school English teacher. Since she left the classroom, she has been working in public education law, policy and funding. Halli lives in Los Angeles, California.
You know how Tom Hanks’ character in “A League of Their Own” insists that there’s “no crying in baseball”? For…
When was the last time you walked into a school and saw a rainbow of students of different races and…
Ramona Patrick is the founding principal of Citizens of the World, Silver Lake in Los Angeles. The Citizens of the…
Nick Melvoin is an ed reformer running to represent District 4 on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board.…
I used to teach in a Los Angeles Unified school, so the Vergara court case about teacher tenure is not…
This afternoon, President Donald Trump said, “We want to get our schools open. We want to get them open, quickly, beautifully in the fall.” I…
On Thursday, July 9 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. ET, brightbeam’s Director of Activism, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar will moderate a virtual town hall called #ReimagingingSchoolSafety. Special guests include:…
This pandemic is an opportunity to change not only how we educate children, but how we fund that education. Right now, school and district leaders…
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