Guest Blogger
Student
Chicago, Illinois
Ryann Michelle Dawson is 12 years old and lives in Chicago, Illinois. Ryann is an avid reader, theater nerd, and obsessed with strawberry pop tarts. Her ambition is becoming the first (or second) Black woman President of the United States. She is also her sister Maya’s BFF, protector, and Arch-Nemesis, and the favorite child of her parents, Brian and ShaRhonda.
In class a few days ago, we started reading the book “Rules.” The book is about a girl about my…
BES (Build, Excel, Sustain) started its Fellowship program 20 years ago to support school leaders with the preparation and professional development they needed to design,…
An interesting, complicated, and rather polarizing trend is going around in American education, and it has to do with special admission schools and the designation…
During a recent conversation, Murleen Coakley, principal of Greenfield Union in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, reminded me how much being a great principal…
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