Guest Blogger
Teacher, Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men
Detroit, Michigan
Quan Neloms is a teacher in Detroit. Seven years ago, he started Lyricist Society, a program that engages young people by using hip-hop in the classroom at Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men in Detroit.
I began teaching at 22. Back in my hometown of Detroit and fresh out of college, I thought I had all the answers.…
Several years ago I went to Chicago to meet the founder of a newly formed education nonprofit that was still housed in a nondescript, temporary…
Before I left school yesterday, I looked at my classroom. Not to check and make sure the floor was clean, or to look for coats…
Trauma is a silent, but very prevalent problem in the classrooms of today. In fact, recent reports by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
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