One of the few positives that has come from the COVID-19 pandemic is the fact that schools and districts were forced to address one of the elephants in the room of education: The Digital Divide. We of course have not “fixed” it, but we have at least put a dent into it for the time…
The election is right around the corner. You may be thinking, as an educator, that it is probably a good idea to teach students about the political process. If you are in Indiana, you are technically required to do so according to Indiana Code 20-30-5-4: Sec. 4. (a) Each public school and nonpublic school shall…
Coronavirus has created tons of problems all around the world. This pandemic has forced people to come up with solutions to new problems. However, mostly what it has done is exacerbate existing problems and gaps that were never addressed. This is most noticeable around issues like inequality and the digital divide. In education, COVID-19 has…
There are close to 50 million Hispanic people in the United States. But like many minority groups in the United States, their history and heritage are often overlooked by the traditional educational standards. That is where National Hispanic Heritage Month comes in. Like Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month was designed to combat the tendency…
With elections around the corner, political opponents all around the country are sparring off against one another in televised debates. This includes but is not exclusive to the presidential debates. Considering the fact that these events will dominate the news cycle for the next month it is probably a good idea to teach your students…
When I joined Teach For America, I was not full of wide-eyed wonder. I went to public school, and I had made my fair share of substitutes cry. So, I knew what I was getting into. I didn’t expect to be Michelle Pfeifer in “Dangerous Minds.” I had never really been naturally good at anything…
Coronavirus has been bad for schools. There is no way around that fact. Between having to cancel in person classes, being forced to establish e-learning on the fly, and disrupting the normal processes of feeding children and providing them wrap around services, COVID-19 has proven to be a challenge to the structure of our educational…
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the education system we have become accustomed to things being cancelled or drastically altered. The obvious example of this is school itself in the form of e-learning or hybrid scheduling, but that is not all. Many school functions have been changed or altered during the pandemic. Food distribution,…
COVID-19 has not gone away, yet many schools are planning to return to in-person learning. In some places, cases have declined but many districts just view another quarter of e-learning as untenable. Most people have likely heard or seen the horror stories of online education or even experienced it firsthand. It’s this narrative that will…
As an educator, I have often knocked heads with others in my circle of peers. The source of the disagreement? Surprisingly, sports. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge sports fan. However, I am also a sports truther and realist when it comes to the potential harm it can have on the…