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Abbott Elementary Is Right On Time!
At a time where we have a growing number of universities shutting down their teacher preparation programs and teachers leaving the profession at alarming rates, ABC’s new sitcom, "Abbott Elementary,"...
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5 Resources to Help Students Feel Seen This Transgender Awareness Week
No group of human beings is a monolith. Transgender students are no exception to that. This Transgender Awareness Week (and all weeks) it’s on us as cisgender adults to do the work to learn how cool...
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This Month Shouldn't Be the Only Time We Teach About the Contributions of Hispanic Americans
There are close to 50 million Hispanic people in the United States. But like many minority groups in the United States, their history and heritage are often overlooked by traditional educational...
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3 Questions Every Educator Should Ask to Prepare for School This Year
There are some things we understand much better today than we did four months ago. Leading school districts and schools of all grade levels during the COVID-19 pandemic has become the greatest...
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I Haven't Been Doing a Great Job Talking About Racism With My White Children. It's Time to Step It Up.
I’m going to admit something: I have not been doing a super job talking about racism with my four White stepkids. And part of the reason is that I worry about a misstep. Saying the wrong thing....
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I Think This Remote Learning Thing Can Actually Work. Here Are 3 Tips.
I’ve seen a number of articles in recent days about whether schools and parents should prioritize remote learning while schools are closed. As a former teacher, principal, and from my time working on...