I am an After School Coordinator in Vallejo, CA. In this role, I organize and run my school’s expanded learning programming and oversee my after-school staff. The school is located in an area where children are lacking resources. I...

“Oh no, no no, this is not going to work.” Oof.  I gulped…  swallowed hard, and felt my heart pound in my ears and my face redden. I was tempted to offer a rebuttal, something like...

Those kids don’t care.  That’s too hard for these kids.  These kids won’t be able to… You wouldn’t think you were at a meeting of educators, veterans at that, upon hearing these...

Their reading scores were hard to believe. The 6th-grade students who sat in front of me–Arelcy, Edvin, Julian, and twins Antonio and Ernesto*–were excellent students. They had good attendance, attention, behavior, and effort, but, according to the scores...