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…
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My son is a freshman in high school and this felt like my first report card pick up all over again. While I have access…
As parents dropping our children off at school, many of us may wonder, will they have a good day? Will they do their best? Will…
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