The season of change is upon us. Leaves are changing. The weather is changing. The time is changing. This time of the year can also be a season of change for educators. The fall season is an optimal time to (re)negotiate your relationship with education. Renegotiating your relationship means actively…

October is a rough month for educators. The days are getting shorter, the weather cooler, and the breaks become further spaced out. October has long been the month that educators can start to feel down. Luckily, educators already have the most important tool to fight the October blues — health…

The past few weeks I have spent my days walking up and down the streets of Bushrod. Bushrod is a neighborhood in Oakland bordered by…

Teaching afforded me a lifestyle where I could purchase some wants and not stress over paying for the necessities, particularly once I moved into teacher leadership. This new financial stability also brought up a painful realization — I was conditioned to believe that it was my responsibility to share the…

Education is a microcosm of society. This week’s violent incident at the Oscars illuminates the types of leadership and centering that occurs within educational spaces. As I consumed the multitude of articles, posts, videos, and blogs, I saw four key centering frames, each exemplifying the challenge of creating equitable education…

In education, there is a consistent call for self-care. Often the framing is at the individual level and void of the systemic and contextual factors that induce the need for self-care to begin with Self-care is a limited response to long-term professional trauma. It can often neglect a focus on…

In the delivery industry, the last mile is defined as the final leg of a journey. The last mile is both costly and challenging because it often requires movement within a tight context. Just consider the journey of my recent delivery from Chewy, the online pet store. My package originated…

Headlines across the nation are describing a massive teacher shortage. Barrages of social media posts by educators detail the untenable contexts of teaching. Their recounts of uncertainty harken back to an article I wrote entitled “Is This Your Last Year Teaching?” …

It is the last week of January. For many this is also the week that we give up on the changes we committed to at the beginning of the month. Commitment to the idea that we can have the change we seek is hard — especially when that change involves…