>>BY JENNIFER BRICK I pulled a student into the hallway while her classmates read silently. At the beginning of the year, she had been sweet,...[Read More]
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>>BY MELISSA GEIL In Durham, North Carolina, over 20,000 students—just about 65% of all the students in the district—receive a >>free or reduced lunch at...[Read More]
>>After interviewing hundreds of people over the years, and learning about everything from knee replacements to presidential politics, it’s not often I meet someone who...[Read More]
>>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]
>>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]