To Mobilize our Youth for Future Elections, We Must Embrace Student Voices Now!
Whenever people ask me what I miss most about my classroom days, I often struggle between two specific memories: myRead More…
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Substitute Teachers Need to be Designated and Given Migrant Worker Status
Many substitute teachers working in various school districts have no adequate labor union representation. Some have no labor unions thatRead More…
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Who is in Your Immediate Circle?
My values of genuine friendship trace back to my own high school years, specifically when I found out I wasRead More…
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The Gap Year is Not Only for Privileged Students
Since I began working in the college counseling world, I find myself spending more time planning for college than discussingRead More…
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Luchadora: Iris Zuñiga, Fighting to Increase Academic Achievement for Los Angeles Area Youth
Iris Zuñiga grew up in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in Pacoima and went to the public schools in herRead More…
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My Daughter’s LAUSD Magnet is Making News: Other Latino students Deserve Opportunities to Succeed like this
I think it’s fair to say that standardized testing is, at best, only one measure of student academic potential and,Read More…
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Teacher Trouble
What would you do if your child came home from school and said to you, “I hate school” or “IRead More…
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Collaboration Between Charter and District Teachers can Develop New Initiatives to Better Support Student Achievement
Three years ago, I ran to serve on my local school board. I was going into my 2nd year ofRead More…
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Thank You for Having Our Back: A Charter School Mom Speaks Up
In the neighborhood I grew up in, we instinctively looked around to check who ‘had our back,’ who was thereRead More…
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