by Kareem Farah | 9.11.18
A couple of years ago, I started my fourth year of teaching high school math at a new school in Washington, D.C. What struck me right away was the diversity of learning levels in my classroom. More specifically, how many of my new students believed they just didn’t belong in a math classroom at all.
by George Christopher | 8.2.18
I want my son to have a teacher who looks at him and sees what I see. And I have to be that teacher for my students.
by Jorge Pacheco Jr. | 5.2.18
I’m a firm believer that it’s never too early to start teaching kids about empathy, love, race, class and gender.
by Tanya Hill | 4.27.18
We all come into teaching because we care about children. When I started teaching 21 years ago, it took a while to learn that taking care of my kids also means taking care of myself.
by Andrea Bazemore | 11.6.17
Teaching can be exhausting, but if I get stressed out, or if it’s the middle of the year and I’m dragging my feet, I make sure to bring my focus back to my kids.
by Sharif El-Mekki | 8.15.17
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis
by Vivett Dukes | 4.22.17
“There’s so much power in the transparency of asking, ‘I don’t know about your culture – will you tell me about it?’”
by Cornelius Minor | 2.9.17
“In those spaces in which we have influence, it’s on us to identify, confront & change anything that’s preventing inclusivity.”
by Brenda Minjares | 11.14.16
“My hope is that I can motivate [students] to take in the world around them and then use what they know to solve problems.”
by Danielle Ross | 9.28.16
“Right in front of my eyes, those 20 students transformed into leaders and into activists.”
