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…
Early in the school year, after our daily Pledge of Allegiance, my fifth grader, Cassandra, asked, “Why are people mad when Colin Kaepernick kneels during…
If I were a magician for a day, I would strike my wand and eliminate the memory of the coronavirus as well as its impact.…
I swear this country is ass-backward. In last week’s Senate hearing, Dr. Anthony Fauci—the nation’s leading expert on the coronavirus pandemic—said outright, “… states will…
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