Guest Blogger
Principal, Summer Leadership Academy High Desert
Hesperia, California
Shannon Brandner has been principal since 2011 of Summit Leadership Academy High Desert, a charter high school in Hesperia, California. A native of Southern California, she has been in education for over 25 years. She started as a teachers aide, taught elementary school in Alhambra and Pasadena, then became administrator of a large charter school.
I know many teachers suffer from “reform fatigue.” So when Common Core was introduced, there was the inevitable pushback and…
On this day in Montgomery, Alabama, 63 years ago, Black people strategically rebelled against one of White supremacy’s ‘systems.’ That day, Black folks got into…
It’s a day I’ll never forget: September 5, 2017, the first day of my senior year at NYU. It was the day the Trump administration…
I have attended a lot of educator conferences this year. A common theme I heard over and over again is the challenge of teacher shortages.…
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