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A video of a moment in a high school basketball game inspired many, but this writer had a decidedly different interpretation.

Each March 7, Stephanie and her husband John will invite immediate family members to the house to celebrate their son, Alexander, now 3. And every year, she’ll ask people not to bring gifts, but she knows the grandparents will not listen. She will serve cake. Friends will send cards and messages of congratulations. Pictures will be taken and loaded into photo albums.

Focus teacher training on transformative education—not handgun use.

Missing an opportunity to speak up creates another opportunity–to practice for next time.

Growing up, no one told me that people shouldn’t be gay. My parents didn’t tell me I shouldn’t talk to kids whose parents were lesbian. My neighbors didn’t rant against the horrors of gay rights. Instead, all the people in my life encouraged me to live openly, to take people’s personalities and see the beauty in them, to smile at the adorable young couple clutching each other’s hands, no matter their gender. Love was love. I lived in a world blissfully ignorant about the cruelties of the “real world.”

Students’ names are an important reflection of identity and culture, as educators, we must put in the time to honor those names and pronunciation.

Let’s use some time this summer to rejuvenate and reflect on our classroom practice!

Your administration made a choice you can’t live with. What now?