Kelisa Wing

Guest Blogger
Author, Teacher
Alexandria, Virginia
Guest Blogger
Author, Teacher
Alexandria, Virginia
This Teacher Appreciation Week, I am reminiscing about Ms. Holmes, my fifth grade teacher. I never could understand why this…
Kasserianingera, this is a greeting of the Masai people of Africa, simply translated as, “And how are the children?” Because…
Black Lives Matter. This statement has sparked inspiration, fear and anger across this nation, but this has always been the…
WHAT WE GOT WRONG: At the turn of the century, in 1999, I was graduating from high school, motivated to enter the teaching profession with a passion to reform school discipline practices and eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline. …
I took my children to see “Harriet” this past weekend, and I was truly entertained. The story of Harriet Tubman…
School discipline will always be a hotly debated topic. As an advocate, I have argued for more proactive, inclusionary practices…
“The Holocaust was an atrocity.” This was the example I gave my eighth graders as we were learning our words…
On Sunday, the 45th president of the United States told four congresswomen of color to “go back” to the countries…
I have been watching silently this week as women are stepping forward to discuss times they felt uncomfortable about their…
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” I have pondered over this Laurel Ulrich quote for several years after hearing it, and…
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