By Cassie Conklin Freelance Journalist, found on Twitter: @conklin_cassie As a daughter of Appalachia, a rural student, and a journalist, I’ve spent a lifetime aware of the inequities that those […]
Practitioner’s Perspective: Newcomers and English Learners Living in Small Town America
By Amanda Ensor Title I Family Engagement Specialist for Queen Anne’s County Public Schools Sudlersville, Maryland, is a small rural town in the far northeastern corner of Queen Anne’s County, […]
Parent’s Perspective: Living Through Spring 2020 in Rural America
by Kristy Brengle Parent/PTA President/Certified Community Health Worker I sit here thinking about the past 6 months and it feels like such a blur, but March of 2020 is one […]
It’s Time to Take Action
by Daman Harris Principal, Rockville, MD “Could there be a silver lining in all of this tragedy?” I asked myself recently. I watched the coverage of the protests in […]
Trauma and Resiliency: Best Practices in Schools
by Pamela Mathews, MEd Special Education, Hinesburg, VT I am a Vermont educator licensed in Elementary, Special, and Early Education. Recently, I’ve been filling long-term sub positions. The work is […]
How Religious Insensitivity Hurts
It was the summer of 2004. My parents and I had begun to settle into our new life as Egyptian immigrants living in America. I would characterize our first few […]
Teacher Diversity Is More than Just a Conversation!
Vanessa Coleman Principal Technical Assistance Consultant American Institute of Research (AIR) As an education technical assistance provider for the American Institutes for Research (AIR), I encounter decreasing instances of teacher-to-student […]
Retained by Faith
By Kyair Butts 6th Grade Literacy Teacher Waverly Elementary/Middle #51 September 2013 taught me more about faith than any other singular event in my life. I was a first year teacher […]
Socio-Economic Integration, A Moral Imperative
by Anita Skop Community Superintendent, District 15-NYC The New York City public school system is both the largest and most diverse public school system in the world. And for too long, […]
One “High-Performing” District’s Path Towards Equity
by Dawn G. Bentley, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent for Student Services for the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District Our Starting Point During the summer of 2017, my colleague Deb and I were […]