Guest Blogger
Teacher, Broadway Elementary
Los Angeles, California
Jesse Balderas teaches sixth grade at Para Los Ninos Charter School. He is in his sixth year teaching and has served as a facilitator, which involves providing personal development for other teachers.
He is a member of Educators 4 Excellence-Los Angeles and co-author of One School of Thought: Moving Toward Common Core.
As educators, we witness very important developmental stages in our students’ lives. It is during these years when students really…
One day, about two years ago, a box was dropped in my classroom and a training session was scheduled to…
Access to public education is now a fundamental right. All 50 states mandate public education in their state constitutions. Once states made public education compulsory,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted, well, everything, but at times I find that I have more time to communicate, virtually if necessary, with family and…
This year, there will be no more school bells. There will be no more pencils to sharpen or papers to pass out. There will be…
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