Winter Break is upon us. For most teachers around the country, winter break is a time to kick back and relax. While relaxing is an essential part of any break, there are some other activities teachers should consider doing that will make the return in January much easier… and some activities they should avoid. Do:…
Christmas is right around the corner. Santa is making his list and checking it twice. Hopefully, he can make a stop at a few metro Indianapolis schools. If he does, I know exactly what I want: A better accountability system for measuring school outcomes I am tired of the alphabet soup ranking system for schools….
Student loan debt is a burden for anyone, but this is especially true for those who used student loans to pay for fraudulent institutions. If you are a member of the latter group, then you may be in for some relief. People who took out loans to attend some for-profit schools shut down by the…
Many people in education have commented on the need for teachers of color. Anecdotally, it appeared to many that students of color benefit from having teachers who look like them every once in a while. The evidence for that sentiment is no longer just anecdotal. Research out of Johns Hopkins University has found that black students…
Teaching is a hard job. You are on your feet all day dealing with behavior and by the time the end of the day comes, you are ready to go home. Most teachers do just that, but there are a select few who don’t go straight home. Some teachers around the country do the exhausting…
Sunday, December 2, Roland Martin hosted a town hall entitled “School Choice is the Black Choice.” As one would expect, the event was attended in large part by black people who were pro-school choice, a welcome change for a typically polarizing issue. I took my seat, and I prepared to hear an informative back and…
A potential massacre was prevented Thursday in Richmond, Indiana. A school shooting was narrowly averted when someone called in a tip about a “potential violent act” at Dennis Intermediate School. As a result, Richmond Community Schools were placed on lockdown. The schools were on lockdown when the suspect arrived carrying a pistol and a rifle….
Indianapolis Superintendent Lewis Ferebee will be packing up and moving to Washington D.C. where he was just named the next leader of D.C. public schools last Monday by the mayor. Ferebee’s departure left a vacancy that the Indianapolis Public Schools commissioner board has decided to temporarily fill with Aleesia Johnson. Aleesia Johnson is infinitely qualified…
Title IX is a federal civil rights law designed to end discrimination and exclusion based on sex. The law is broad. It is most often referenced in sports but lately, the law has been under scrutiny because of its guidance around sexual harassment and assault. In 2010, the Obama administration issued further guidance explaining the…
When I was a student, teachers told me I had to work hard to go to college in order to get a white-collar job. The rationale was that robots were going to take all the other jobs. At the time this sounded like science fiction. Mostly because I, being a middle schooler, immediately imagined humanoid…