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The Integration Diaries: The most radical thing a parent can say.

The Integration Diaries: The most radical thing a parent can say.

Sometimes the kids are alright. Sometimes they aren’t. When they ...
how i talk to my white kid about racism

How I talk to my white kid about racism.

I can’t tell you the perfect way to do it. ...
bekah and lewis in the car

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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, ...