Not every family can travel during spring break. It may not be in the household budget to fly to Disney World or to an island paradise. Sometimes parents have to maximize spring break for their kids in other ways. Unless parents are teachers they do not get a full week off work like their kids…
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Women’s History Month Tips for Your Classroom
March is Women’s History Month. Half of the month has already gone by. Have you taught any women’s history? Have you been celebrating the accomplishments of women? If not, don’t panic. You have come to the right place. Here are some tips to ensure you give your students the Women’s History Month they deserve: 1….
Four Ways Teachers Can Maximize Their Spring Break
To my fellow educators, Twenty seven weeks are now in the books. You have made it to spring break. Another opportunity to reset, relax, and recharge. Many of you have been counting down to this break since we returned from the winter break. Now, it is here and this is the last break until the…
The History of Title IX and Women’s Sports
This time of the year we have grown accustomed to the excitement of college basketball. The Men’s NCAA tournament has become a fixture of March in America. Increasingly, the women’s tournament has become a big TV draw too. Last year the women’s college basketball title game between Mississippi State and South Carolina drew an audience…
What DeVos Failed to Say
Being a parent who exercises school choice, I completely agree with giving families choices when it comes to their children’s education. Having the choice to choose where my children have received their education has made all the difference in the world for my family. As I watched Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stumble over questions…
Let Our Children’s Voices Be Heard!
Like many parents, I watched the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. There were several times I cried as I watched parents of the children who did not survive address the National Rifle Association (NRA) and President Trump. The following week, I asked my fifth grader how his day was. In the course of…
Women’s History Month: Celebrating Social Justice Warriors
“All my work is meant to say, “You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.” Maya Angelou Establishing change comes from breaking down barriers and building on the successes of those who came before. Social justice is one of the catalysts for change and self-improvement. There are countless African American women within…
What you want to do and what you actually CAN do
On Valentine’s Day 2018, 17 people died when a gunman entered Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and violently took their lives. Unfortunately, these school mass shootings are happening too frequently. In a sign of protest and remembrance, Women’s March organizers have planned a National School Walkout on March 14th at 10 a.m. in…
As March Madness Approaches, The NCAA Still Unfairly Blocks Players From Getting Paid
March Madness is on the horizon. For many basketball crazy states, it is the most wonderful time of the year. On the surface, it’s hard to find issue with all of the buzzer beaters and upsets the NCAA provides each year. But a look just below the surface reveals a huge problem: The players, the…
Hoosier Hero: Julia Carson
If you live in Indianapolis proper, then chances are you live in the 7th district represented by Andre Carson. Andre Carson is an accomplished politician in his own right and you have probably heard of him or at least seen his signs around town. What you may not know is that his tenure as the…