In the Spring Light
At a charter school, a teacher reflects on the costs--and satisfactions--of commitment to a system meant to consume student and teacher alike.
My Night of Fundraising
In the winter of my junior year at college, I found a squirrel. The squirrel was frozen in a block of ice on the...
What I Learned When I Recreated the Famous ‘Doll Test’ that...
After hearing about the Clarks' "Doll Test" in undergraduate school, I became interested in studying racial identity development. In the "Doll Test", the married...
Underfunded
Robert’s black hi-top
fade has been dyed blue
this week, and after
I teach the prompt
to prepare these
third and fourth graders
to write poems
on constellations
they’ve created
by connecting the...
Fear
In a post-Columbine, post-Virginia Tech urban classroom, a teacher asks, what are the costs of being afraid?
Zoom Rooms
Their Apologies
I apologize for the inconvenience... I apologize for not emailing sooner... I apologize for missing class... I apologize my assignment is late... I...
The Silver Lining of the Black Box
I teach to Black Boxes.
At the beginning of the school year teaching psychology to high school seniors on Zoom was intimidating and confusing. Black...