I was ten years old when I lost my home in Chalmette, Louisiana, because of Hurricane Katrina. The storm uprooted my entire life and left lasting impacts on my brain. Eighteen years later, as an educator, I am still working through those impacts, but I have come to a deeper understanding of the profound impact […]
I have started to joke with some of my close friends that graduate school is where I learn how to become a skilled content creator or influencer. I often connect my learning to the beauty industry. I have filmed myself briefly instructing how to curl hair to share with my cohort, I interviewed a recent
Lately, I cannot escape from the phrase “academic rigor” in the context of my 6th grade English Language Arts classroom. How can we raise our test scores? Academic rigor. How will we bridge the gap in our students’ reading levels? Academic rigor. How can we create a guaranteed and viable curriculum? Academic rigor. Fundamentally, I find myself
