Guest Blogger
Teacher
Fairport, New York
Rich Ognibene is the 2008 New York State Teacher of the Year and a member of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year. He teaches chemistry and physics at Fairport High School in Fairport, New York.
On March 14, students across the country will walk out of school to demand action on gun violence. They are…
On Columbus Day weekend in 1987, I ventured to Washington, D.C. for an event that would forever change my life:…
I swear I wasn’t trying to end Black History Month with white people and skinfolk that ain’t kinfolk foolery but … Yesterday my homie, Dr.…
We know all too well Black and brown students in marginalized communities are now bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s effect on schools—with inadequate technology,…
A month ago, as Amanda Gorman shared her beautiful prose during President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration, students at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark had…
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