On Breaking the Class Size Barrier
I know a 15-year-old that has seen somebody die. Some of my students have seen their siblings shot on the street in cold blood, or handcuffed and taken to jail. Some of my students have been arrested...
View ArticleNeuroses Of A Privileged White Educator
Some of our students have asthma. Some of them don’t. Some of their parents have marital problems or have histories of abuse. Some of them don’t. Some of them get in fights at school; some of them have...
View ArticleOn The Revolving Door Into (And Out Of) The Classroom
Some experienced educators believe that new teachers taking the “alternative certification” route into the classroom through programs such as NYC Teaching Fellows or Teach for America will leave soon...
View ArticleClinging to the idea of choice, some students leave their best option behind
One of my students, whom I’ll call Monique, was already struggling when she arrived at my school for ninth grade. At her middle school in the Bronx, she told me, it was common for students who take the...
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