>>BY JENNIFER BRICK When >>Donna Summer sang, “She works hard for the money/ so you better treat her right,” she wasn’t singing about teachers, or...[Read More]
Native American Heritage Month
Articles >>BY MELISSA GEIL In my Durham school district, we are lucky to have access to two public Elementary Montessori Magnet Schools. Great, right? Unfortunately, the...[Read More]
>>BY JENNIFER BRICK I didn’t want to be a teacher until I was sitting in a college auditorium listening to >>Jonathan Kozol speak of the...[Read More]
>>BY SARA LANG My youngest starts kindergarten next year, so we are knee-deep in the school choice process. We are lucky to live in Wake...[Read More]
>>BY MELISSA GEIL At the beginning of this semester, I did two things that I’ve never done before in my over ten years of teaching...[Read More]
>>BY MELISSA GEIL Every year, parents in my neighborhood ponder moving to different school districts as they anxiously await the results of multiple magnet and...[Read More]
>>BY MELISSA GEIL At the beginning of each month, I write two checks from my bank account. One to my older daughter’s preschool, and one...[Read More]
>>BY JENNIFER BRICK Perhaps you saw the bumper stickers: “North Carolina: first in flight, last in education,” and, “It’s a good thing the Wright brothers...[Read More]
>>I’ve always thought the practice of making New Year’s Resolutions was a bit defeatist. Here you have a blank canvas, an untouched twelve months of...[Read More]
>>BY ASHLEY MCINTYRE Over the last 25 years, young Latina women (specifically teens) have more likely than their Black, Asian, and Caucasian peers to attempt...[Read More]