student trauma

Saving Our Children from Violence When Schools Are the Abusers
Each of us has been that lone, righteous educator at the dinner party—that overzealous, overtired reality-checker among adults whose jobs don’t include ensuring the emotional…

Teachers Can Legally Hit Your Children in 19 States. Let’s Talk About It.
This past year has tested more than our mettle as educators; it’s tested our investment in the causes we claim as ours. I mean, it’s…

Books Are Essential Tools to Help Children Manage Grief
With more than 200,000 COVID-related deaths nationwide since March, and with the knowledge from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study that the COVID infection rates…

We Can and Must Repair the Damage This Pandemic Is Causing Our Students
Across America, teachers and administrators have managed to cobble together classes, whether through in-person attendance, virtually or a hybrid. Getting this strangest of school years…

COVID Can’t Stop Ms. Gutierrez From Nurturing Her Students’ Love of Reading
Many students are looking to escape the harsh realities of COVID-19. Online learning, social distancing, closure of many businesses and recreation areas, and the struggling…

‘Black Boys’ Can Help You Reach African American Males in Your Classroom
The week that it was Black History Month, I grabbed two assignments. One from a district that was serving mostly white kids, and they were…

I Hope I Never Lose Another Student to Suicide
“I’m going to end it!” Unsure of what I heard, I questioned back, “End what?” Her response was, “My life!” This brief encounter led to…

Surrounded by COVID, Civil Unrest and Chaos, Our Students Need Hope
Anyone who has ever been in a strategic planning meeting has been told that “hope is not a strategy.” We’re told instead to be clear-eyed…

4 Tips to Prioritize Students’ Dignity During Remote Learning
Have you ever revisited your philosophy of teaching? I don’t mean the progressive policies you ardently advocate for at faculty meetings or on Facebook; I…

White Teachers, Our Whiteness Is Getting in Our Way
Since the murder of George Floyd, teacher leaders across America have sought to prove the necessity of antiracism in public education. And rightly so: from…