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…
Profiles in Education Equity: Kyle Strickland, the Kirwan Institute
July 16, 2019 by Letisha Marrero Kyle Strickland is the senior legal analyst at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity. His work focuses on local and national civil rights issues, criminal justice…
Getting To & Through College: Tiffany Jones
June 05, 2019 by Gabriela Montell In the first installment of our new series, an African American, first-generation college graduate recalls the struggles of going to and paying for college while pursuing a Ph.D. A recent…
Profiles in Education Equity: Operation Restoration
April 17, 2019 by Letisha Marrero Syrita Steib-Martin and Annie Freitas cofounded Operation Restoration, a New Orleans-based organization that helps women who have been impacted by incarceration get the education and resources they need to reenter…