Life as a perfectionist can be tough. Life as a perfectionist teacher can be overwhelming. When you add in the fact that a huge portion of my job is teaching instrumental music to fourth and fifth graders, you...
“Do you think students should get suspended at all?” I asked Deantae* during an interview about school. Without hesitation, he responded, “Not really because they are going to miss more days of school. Maybe after-school detention...
This past school year brought many changes to my role on campus. As the ELA intervention coordinator at Dublin High School, I took a department-wide approach in addressing student learning needs through tiered supports: identifying strong teaching practices...
“I found today’s training truly unhelpful. We as teachers were asked to figure out how to solve equity in schools without any tools, strategies, or best practices. If we knew ways to improve equity, we would be implementing...
Last month, Lead by Learning hosted our second Alumni Connect meet-up event and reconnected past Lead by Learning participants with their roots in inquiry! Designed to be 1-hour professional learning experiences, alums have an opportunity to...
As a high school mathematics teacher, I often heard the same refrain from students and educators: “I thought math does not need language.” Mathematics, after all, is a universal language of its own – a realm of absolutes...
Every year I work to get my students to meet the standards for 4th grade. This year, I focused on working with my students on writing with evidence. Their writing would let me know how well they understood...
Luther Burbank Middle School is located in Highland Park, a largely Latino and immigrant community nestled close to the arid hills of northeastern Los Angeles county. Christine Moore, the longtime Principal, continually asks herself as...
