California’s English Learner Roadmap Is a Helpful Resource for Teachers
When immigrants bring their young children to the United States, they often hope for a wider range of opportunities whereRead More…
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Study Suggests that Classroom Lectures Aren’t Very Effective, But My Students and I Love Them
Let’s just get it out of the way–I love lecturing in my classroom. My students love it as well. InRead More…
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Ethnic Studies Is Important For High School Students
I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in ethnic studies from UCSD in 2003. Before entering the university, I had neverRead More…
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Planting the Seeds of Friendship Reduces Bullying
In the age of cyber bullying where recurring aggressive behavior is no longer outgrown but modeled and even praised, howRead More…
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I’m Hopeful That UC System Drops the SAT Test
In my Advanced Placement English class, I teach 70 eleventh graders who made a choice to take on a collegeRead More…
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Chula Vista Elementary School District Helps Students With Social Emotional Learning
Last month I had the privilege of attending a parent training at the Chula Vista Elementary School District, which wasRead More…
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We Should Restructure High School to Cater to the Strengths of Our Students
An ideal education for my children would be one in which the instruction being provided to them would put aRead More…
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October Was National Bully Awareness Month, But At My Child’s School It Wasn’t Mentioned Once
Do we as a community only bring awareness when “extremely” bad things happen? Or when someone crossed the line andRead More…
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California Students Are In A Literacy Crisis
Reading is an essential life skill that students have been learning since their earliest years of schooling. One of theRead More…
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Parents, Don’t Leave the Fundamentals of Parenting Up to Teachers
Being a parent is the most difficult job, but at the same time, it can be the best thing. ThereRead More…
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