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Hungry to Read
It’s National Book Month—the perfect time to motivate readers by using YA literature in the classroom!
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Selling Kids Short
Divisive fundraisers make schools unsafe for kids from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Poverty Excludes Qualified College Students
Despite efforts of college and university admissions people, high-achieving students from small towns and rural areas are being left out of the matriculation process because of poverty.
Reflections of a ‘Teacher of the Year’
The greatest achievement for this Teacher of the Year is the daily practice of empathy.
Galimoto Connects Students to the World
This teacher helps students find commonalities between their own complex lives and the experiences of children a world away.
Conversations Move Us Beyond Bias
I recently confronted my prejudices. After teaching for many years in a low-income, high-violence area of Oakland, Calif., I decided to do some private tutoring. I sought to avoid the stress of politics in the district and the uncertainty of having a new principal every year for over eight years. Although I had outlasted all of the teachers I had started working with, I felt guilty because this was the population I wanted to serve.