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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 children and the Children of the Dream.

My journey toward understanding and believing in integrated schools is …

it must be summer

It must be summer.

Thoughts on disaster. I. It was the time of year …

Summer reading list: The book that (further) sold me on reparations.

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.

Adventures in Literacy: Why your kid’s teacher needs professional development.

I’m about 30 years late to the phonics wars, but …

favorite things in 2020

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.

“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, …

Which San Antonio ISD schools suspend and expel the most students

What we talk about when we talk about safety and discipline.

When I first started reporting on school discipline, I thought …

Like any smart person with a messy closet, SAISD is getting help from organizers.

Like any smart person with a messy closet, SAISD is getting help from organizers.

San Antonio ISD may have just found the cure to …

A messy little memorial for Rachel Held Evans

A messy little memorial for Rachel Held Evans

It had been that kind of morning. The kind that …

On mobile apps and equity

On mobile apps and equity

A couple of weeks ago, Inga Cotton, aka San Antonio …

Meet Doug Dawson, the guy you should have already met.

Meet Doug Dawson, the guy you should have already met.

Doug Dawson does not sound, look, or act like the …

Three teachers who made me say “wow” this year.

Three teachers who made me say “wow” this year.

Spring is the time of year when we honor teachers. …

SAISD approves new generation of autonomous schools

SAISD approves new generation of autonomous schools

At tonight’s meeting the San Antonio ISD board of trustees …

I gave up pudding for Lent

I gave up pudding for Lent

I’ve rotated between the usual lenten abstinences for years. Dessert, …

It’s here! Everybody has a take on the TX House’s School Finance Bill.

It’s here! Everybody has a take on the TX House’s School Finance Bill.

It’s here! It’s here! No, not the phone book. The …

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