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How I talk to my white kid about racism.
I can’t tell you the perfect way to do it. …
A decade of being bravely underwhelming.
In late December 2009, ten years ago, I did something …
Which San Antonio ISD schools suspend and expel the most students?
Last month, San Antonio ISD adopted a new code of …
San Antonio’s First Dual Language Montessori School is Coming to the West Side
A community redesign revealed that parents and students who said …
The Integration Diaries: The one advantage I refuse to give up.
We put our kids in a public school committed to …
The Integration Diaries: A Lottery Without Power Tokens
We put our kids in a public school committed to …
The Integration Diaries: School supplies and hair bows
On August 12, we put our kids in a public …
Location, segregation, and accountability: the quest for better school ratings
Parents, homebuyers, and ed reformers all love simple, clear school …
Learning to live with my kids getting in trouble.
The ongoing work of rooting out perfectionism in my life …
My children and the Children of the Dream.
My journey toward understanding and believing in integrated schools is …
Summer reading list: The book that (further) sold me on reparations.
Because the ed beat slows down a little in the …
Adventures in Literacy: Why your kid’s teacher needs professional development.
I’m about 30 years late to the phonics wars, but …
Meet The Gathering Place, one of San Antonio’s newest and busiest charter schools.
One of San Antonio’s newest charter schools will hit the …
“The children still cannot read.” How I became convinced that curriculum is an equity issue.
At the 2019 Education Writers Association National Conferece, Freeman Hrabowski, …
The Integration Diaries: The most radical thing a parent can say.
Sometimes the kids are alright. Sometimes they aren’t. When they …