Teaching Overseas “Kevin is smart. But his reading could be better?” When people find out that I teach kids with dyslexia, out comes the confessionals about their smart child who just Know your real enemy. It ain’t Common Core. If I get cussed out one more time over the Common Core…Smh. Black parents, you might want to know the Great Reads While on the Road It felt like the whole world had something to say about these books this past year. Maybe it was Black Parents: You should have these educational tools at home. Lemme explain why and how to use them. Here is a list of a few things I've asked black student families to get. When used with intention, parents Online Teaching Resources for Parents and Educators When parents come asking for easy to find materials to support learning at home, I hand them this list Want your black child to be a better reader? Peep this! 5 Things You Can Do to Get Your Child Reading Let your child read what they like. Contrary to The Millennial's Guide for Inner Peace Ode This is for all the ghetto girls who spent afternoons gazing out barred windows and who dreamed to be Gap Year Lessons It's been easy to allow other people's assumptions, opinions and narratives dictate how I respond to life in my body, Fears At first, it was difficult to sleep peacefully through the night. I grew consumed with the voices of Gratitude I have much for which to be grateful. Had I never meant it before, nothing like a dirty back pack, « Previous 1 2 3 Next »
