Leadership Summit gave inspiration–and motivation–for the work ahead
The leadership of those around me has always inspired me. I learn something from you every day. And you’ll learn something from the people sitting with you here. More…
I just had to say this
A civics lesson from West Virginia
We’re proud of you, West Virginia! You love your students too much to allow the devaluing and disrespect of educators to continue! More…
The Unimaginable Outlier List
I went to Broward County at the invitation of our colleagues there. There was no speech to give. No press conference. No interviews. There was just disbelief and pain and the need to have a human heart hear of the hurt and hold each other. This hurt is now too familiar. Only weeks earlier our More…
Our struggle to keep our schools the safest place a child could be will continue
I am numb with grief. I am beside myself with anger. More…
Betsy DeVos has failed our students. It is time for her to resign.
Students, educators, parents, civil rights and special education advocates—along with millions of Americans—have been speaking out, loud and clear: We are here to stay and we will protect our students and public education. More…
America is Better than Our President’s Words
Would you be OK with your students labeling nations as Donald Trump did and implying that some people, particularly if they are black or Latino, have no value and don’t belong here? More…
US News & World Report: GOP Tax Plan Puts 250,000 Education Jobs at Risk
This GOP tax plan would “jeopardize the ability of state and local governments to fund public education. That will translate into cuts to public schools, lost jobs to educators, overcrowded classrooms that deprive students of one-on-one attention, and threaten public education. More…
Paying tribute to veterans means supporting them as students
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…
Make it stop!
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…
Silent protest is a powerful lesson in civics and our Constitution
Not every on in my classroom said the Pledge of Allegiance. Our Constitution gives us that right and my sixth graders understood that. More…