Why I Teach, Where I Teach: So My Students Have the Opportunity to Define Themselves
March 08, 2021 by Priscilla Conerly We are all aware of the trite — yet true — expression that “education is freedom.” So, how apropos is it that I am an educator at a school called…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Continue the Latino Legacy
September 15, 2020 by Irene Sanchez “Do you want to watch history? Or do you want to make history?” This is a question that the former leader of the 1968 Azusa High School walkouts, Victor Gonzalez,…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Use My White Privilege to Close Opportunity Gaps
June 10, 2020 by Hannah Turner I teach English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Argyle Middle School, which is five miles away from the house I grew up in and in the same school…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To be a Positive Light for Latino Students
October 04, 2019 by Sarahi Monterrey At a young age, I became conscious of issues of equity. My family emigrated in 1981 from El Salvador — a country that was torn apart by a civil war…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Open Up a World of Possibilities
August 05, 2019 by Jennifer R. Wahl In order to get students outside of their comfort zones, they must have role models and teachers who are willing to do the same. Rural America is often starving for…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Show That the American Dream is Indeed Possible
August 05, 2019 by Marc Beitia We are each a sum of our life experiences. Opportunities chosen and those passed up. Chances taken, or not. Risks accepted. Fears overcome. And passion found. Thirty years ago, I found…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: Because My Students’ Future is Full of Promise
August 05, 2019 by Robert Hand I teach Family and Consumer Sciences and Leadership at Mount Vernon High School. Mount Vernon, Washington is located in the heart of the Skagit Valley in the northwest part of…
Why I Teach: To Make Black Boy Success Not the Exception But the Expectation
August 05, 2019 by Jessica Duenas Growing up in East New York, when I was still surrounded by the innocence of youth, I had no idea how many odds were systemically stacked against me. My parents…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Fulfill a Sense of Community
August 05, 2019 by Kareem Neal For the past 12 years, I have taught students with severe cognitive delays at Maryvale High School in Phoenix. Maryvale is one of the largest high schools in Arizona with…