Guest Blogger
Dean of Students, Baker College Prep
Chicago, Illinois
Sean Healy is dean of students at Baker College Prep and a Teach For America alum. Previously he taught high school English for five years, three of them at Baker.
From the jump of my educational career I’ve always identified with the troubled students, the outcasts and troublemakers. I gravitate…
Last year I went from managing students in the classroom to managing adults. That shift was just as hard as…
My favorite superhero—Batman—is a failure. And if young educators take Batman as our role model, we’re likely to fail, too.…
Three years ago this September, Marquise* walked in on the opening day of school at Baker College Prep and carried…
Plenty of news stories have raised concerns about mass teacher shortages due to pandemic stress. And it’s true that teachers, principals and district leaders have…
Erika Asikoye is the Director of the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA) at The Center for Black Educator Development in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The FSLA, for…
Last week, I had a consulting call with a potential client (a white teacher), who teaches in a predominantly white school/neighborhood and wants to engage…
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