I was the daughter of a soldier; the wife of a soldier; the sister of a soldier. I am a proud Army Brat who moved across the country with six kids in the back of a Plymouth station wagon every few years as my dad was deployed where he was needed. More…
Our hearts are broken yet again by the senseless mass killings in community after community by dangerous people with access to dangerous weapons designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible. More…
Not every on in my classroom said the Pledge of Allegiance. Our Constitution gives us that right and my sixth graders understood that. More…
Lily was invited to speak at the National Press Building. Check out the media round up. More…
We won’t give up on our DACAmented brothers and sisters. They are our students, colleagues, friends and neighbors. This is the next step. We need you to act. More…
We must raise our voices in a collective chorus for justice to defend our DACAmented brothers and sisters. Here’s how. More…
The urgency of this moment is fierce. Members of our communities, families in our churches, and students and educators in our schools will face the worst circumstances imaginable if we do not speak up and let decision makers know that ending DACA is unacceptable. More…
Families and educators will struggle to find ways to talk with children and students of all ages about race, and it won’t be easy. But it must be done if history is not to repeat itself. More…
You’re beautiful. And what you’re about to do with your lives is beautiful. The trust that is being placed in you is vital to this nation. More…
The Donald Trump-Betsy DeVos budget tells us everything we need to know about what they value. It is a wrecking ball, and it is aimed directly at our nation’s students and public schools. More…
