Lamont Douglas
Lamont Douglas is a father, advocate and blogger at Secondline. He resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Posted Aug. 21, 2019
Back to School, Back to Basics With Parent-Teacher Partnerships
The smell of education is in the air. Parents have bought uniforms and school supplies are packed up and ready…
Posted Jan. 3, 2018
We Knew the School Wasn’t Working for Our Kids So We Fixed It
There is something oddly beautiful about realizing that something isn’t right with education in your community. I have never been…
Posted Jan. 6, 2017
Ed Reformers, Here’s the One Important Voice You’re Ignoring
Maybe we should just be honest and admit that we are kidding ourselves. We say that the election of Trump…
Posted Nov. 3, 2016
Guess What, Equity and Equality Are Not the Same Thing
Two years ago in an Education Trust article, Blair Mann outlined the difference between equity and equality when it comes to…
Posted Oct. 12, 2016
Coffee Break: New Orleans’ Ben Kleban on Saying Goodbye to the School Board You Used to Know and Looking to the Future
Say goodbye to the New Orleans school board you used to know. When Senate Bill 432—which called for a return of…
Posted Jan. 12, 2016
Pressing Reset in Louisiana: I’m Optimistic But I Still Have a Lot of Questions
For the year ahead, I am optimistic and excited about educational gains moving forward in my city and state of…
