Every good educator knows that the key to success in the classroom is revisiting and revising lesson plans. Each year brings new challenges and opportunities to tweak what has worked …
Oath and Opposition: Teacher Workshop
After a long day at school, I often find myself asking the question, “What am I doing here?” This is a pretty common thing among teachers. We are in the …
A Tale of Two Octobers
In October of 1939, Adolph Hitler used the Reich Health Ministry to begin implementation of “Aktion T4.” Under this program, Nazi doctors and nurses throughout Germany began to identify infants …
Celebration and Storytelling: Greenspon’s Second Anniversary
In life we encounter many stories. Some are comic, some are tragic. Some stories are like our own in many ways. Others are similar, yet different from our own in …
Moving Charlotte Toward Justice
In January of this year, over 7500 women marched in Uptown Charlotte to protest government policies. In February, tens of thousands of students nationwide walked out of their schools, exercising …
My “New School Year’s” Resolution
As I sat across from one of my prior students this summer and listened to his story, I was struck by how young he was and yet how old and …
497 Cries That Shouldn’t be Relegated to Past Tense by Barbara Randolph
The news about children still separated from their families in the past week has our minds reeling and Twitter exploding. With Congress so vocal on other issues, one can’t help …