March is Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month is an opportunity to highlight the trailblazing women who broke through barriers and glass ceilings. Even though we say that women can do anything, are we creating classroom environments that send that message to our young girls? Growing up as a girl, I believed I could do…
Recently I begin to read for my 26 Book Challenge 2019 Dr. Bettina Love’s book; We Want to do More than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. In the book, Dr. Love, an associate professor at the University of Georgia and former classroom teacher, writes about the importance of “mattering.” She writes…
If you know anything about the fight for educational equity in this country, you know that many people feel like the school system is rigged. Yesterday, we had proof. An FBI investigation revealed that some wealthy and high-profile parents, such as Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, paid large sums of money to ensure their children…
In news that will likely shock no one, some wealthy parents have been using their money to game the college admission process. The FBI has charged around 50 people in connection with one of the biggest college admission scams ever prosecuted. This all started when the FBI caught the ring-leader of the scam, William Singer,…
Picture it. It’s 1607; America and the slave ships have just come ashore. Hundreds of slaves disembark the Middle Passage ships they have been on for months. They step off onto an unfamiliar land. They cannot communicate with the white people that brought them there because they cannot speak English. They cannot communicate with each…
Recently, I read a story about a teacher who was suspended for three days and had a reprimand placed in her file. What was her crime? Asking her parents for help to improve the 58-degree temperature in her classroom. Mary Logan provided her students with the contact information of the school board to give to…
At least once a month, I see some clip where someone with a camera stops random people on the street and tries to get them to answer “easy” questions about current events or our government. Inevitably a large number of people are unable to do this, and the audience has a good laugh at their…
Recently, my fellow Indy K12 writer David McGuire wrote about how schools can make parents feel like their children are bad. This school year, I have not felt this way, but I have felt this way in the past. It’s annoying to have your children’s school constantly call you. It is frustrating because you are…
We all know that 45 is trying to build a wall. He wants to build this wall to control immigration and those entering the country. He believes this wall will reduce the violence that happens when illegal immigrants enter our country. The wall is significant to so much more. The wall represents keeping out. The…
I have always said that I do not believe there are bad children. I believe that children make bad choices. I do feel that with those bad choices should result in consequences for the child. When children are making bad choices in school, there needs to be some form of punishment. Now, this blog is…