Guest Blogger
Tafshier Cosby is a proud Newark resident and billing supervisor for an international security company. She is also a family and community organizer for the New Jersey Black Alliance for Educational Options and chairwoman of the Parent Partnership Team at Newark Collegiate Academy, part of the KIPPNJ network.
Tafshier is a graduate of the YouCAN program at 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now.
A parent first. That’s who I am, how I identify myself. My children are my pride, my joy and my…
I messed up today. I messed up, and a nine-year-old called me out. In front of the whole class. That’s right, one of the most…
“I didn’t come here to teach those kinds of kids.” It’s alarming to think that adults charged with helping students of color succeed in school…
Every tough decision comes with some measure of remorse for what could have been. As I finish out my 20th and final year as a…
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