Juan moved to California from Central America last year. When he first began school, he couldn’t recite numbers in English and could only count to 20 in Spanish. He was very shy around adults, but we...
While watching the Public Education Forum 2020 on Saturday, one phrase caught my attention: Democratic “hopefuls,” referring to the presidential candidates in attendance. Given that we call these...
As he moves around his seventh grade math classroom, Aurum Preparatory Academy (“Aurum Prep”) teacher, Salif Doubare, is crackling with energy. He’s tall, thin, wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a big...
For educators, equity has become an industry. They are offered tons of data, research and training on how to build equity in district-run schools. But with all this talk of equity, what has changed?...
Over 20 years ago, like many college students in the throes of existential questions, I half-knowingly embarked on a quest for meaning. For much of the time, I felt like a castaway in uncertain seas...
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