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…
I am numb with grief. I am beside myself with anger. More…
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…
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…
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…
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…
