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…
I’m guilty of saying Black boys and girls are failing in school—a good chunk of us are. Going forward, I’m committing to correcting that language…
“What’s the difference between a killing and a lynching?” The question popped up on my phone through the Google Hangouts app I installed in March.…
Growing up with teachers for parents, my siblings and I were taught that writing is an indispensable skill. We attended rigorous schools and enrichment programs…
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