Guest Blogger
Teacher
Dallas, Texas
Katie Benningfield is a middle school math and science teacher at The School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas, Texas, the 2020 Dallas ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year, and a Teach Plus Senior Policy Fellow.
Every year, I look forward to the first week of May, Teacher Appreciation Week. The week is usually filled with…
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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