remote learning
I’m Glad To Be Back in the Classroom. My Students Need Me.
November 12th was our first day of school in-person since March of last year. On my drive to school, I was excited and grateful—thinking about…
We Need To Know if the Biden Administration Is Really With and For Us
Before taking a much needed vacation at the end of last year, I wrote a piece talking about how education for Black kids cannot look…
How Do We ‘IGNITE’ Social Change in the Next Generation of Leaders?
The impact of COVID-19 on the education community was astonishing. Educators pivoted all of their curricula to a virtual landscape for the first time. Guardians…
After the Insurrection, It’s Time To Listen To MLK
Y’all know what, had education been done right in the first place then maybe we could’ve avoided this shit show called “Duck Dynasty: Civil War…
3 Tips for Schools Hiring New Teachers to Teach Remotely
When schools across the nation shuttered their facilities to safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, all teachers were forced to make an immediate pivot to…
It’s Not a Radical Idea to Let Students Keep the Technology and Internet
COVID-19 has been a disaster for virtually every institution and education is no exception. With that being said, there has been one positive development—the proliferation…
Here’s What I Will Fight for in 2021
2020 was the pits. More than 300,000 Americans died from COVID. A dearth of presidential leadership that led to the politicization of wearing masks—the single…
As 2020 Comes to a Close, We Are Tired and Inspired
It was that kind of day. Parents and teachers know the one: the day before the holiday break. The day when all grades are due,…
Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020
It’s easy to view remote learning through the lens of its deficits. After all, there’s really no substitute for the face-to-face rapport with an excellent…
The Most Important Question a Teacher Can Ask Is ‘How Are the Children?’
On the sun-glazed African continent, the most storied warrior people, incomparably formidable and sagacious in war, is the Maasai. It is perhaps unexpected, then, to learn…
