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…
As I sit here, processing my thoughts on the severity of events that are currently grappling our nation, I reflect on the historical circumstances that…
For 14 years I have taught math at the same high school. The entirety of my career—three thousand students, eighty classes, 13 preps, five rooms,…
Since the murder of George Floyd, teacher leaders across America have sought to prove the necessity of antiracism in public education. And rightly so: from…
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