Piecing Myself Back Together: My First Semester Online
This semester contained some of the heaviest meltdowns of my college career. I’d always heard junior year was the hardest,Read More…
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How Living Through A Pandemic as a Mom and Educator has Affirmed the Importance of Quality Public Schools
Over the years of my career, I have not gone through so much in such a short amount of time.Read More…
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Creating Parent Teacher Partnership in a Pandemic
Is it me or has there been a shift in the way parents appreciate school teachers? When the COVID-19 lockdownRead More…
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How to Mentally Prepare for Back to School During a Pandemic
Things looked different last year. Last year I looked forward to dropping off my kids at school in the morning,Read More…
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Amidst Threats from the Department of Education, California Schools Go Online For Fall
The morning of July 13, 2020, Los Angeles Unified School District along with San Diego Unified School District put outRead More…
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LAUSD Announces Students Will Start the 2020-2021 Year from Home
Today, LAUSD Superintendent, Austin Beutner, announced the new school year will start in August. However, it will begin with aRead More…
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Concerned Parents Launch Petition, Asking Teachers to Conduct Live Instruction
A group of LAUSD parents from the San Fernando Valley calling themselves Concerned Parents Los Angeles (CPLA) have launched aRead More…
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The Big Disconnect: COVID-19 Exposes How Lack of Home Connectivity Hurts Low-Income Students
If you asked me in January what one of my most important jobs would be if we went through aRead More…
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Tips for Parents During COVID-19 From a Teacher – and Mom
In our household we’ve reached a new milestone; week 9 of distance learning. An estimated 50.8 million students in AmericaRead More…
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Teacher Connection Means A Lot to Us and to Our Children
Unprecedented events happen fast, processing how we’re dealing with them gets thrown out the door when we kick into survivalRead More…
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