Do you know about Juneteenth? Here are some ways you can learn about the important significance of Juneteenth and share the history with children! When is it? Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19th every year. What does it celebrate? According to this website, “Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery… Read More

While many of us white folk tend to want a list of what we can do to solve the problem right away, these issues go so much deeper than that. The first step is to examine your own beliefs and attitudes. That can be really hard. I am continuing to read and listen and learn.… Read More

I don’t know about you, but I have found several good teaching practices during distance learning that I will actually keep doing next year. When we were suddenly faced with distance teaching and learning (practically overnight), I began frantically collecting every single resource I could find. While I haven’t used them all, I plan to… Read More

Recent news events have made it more important than ever to talk with all of our children about race and about racism in the United States. While families of color often have these conversations, I have found that white families often have more trouble with navigating these topics. My grade-level team and I shared the… Read More

Besides the pandemic, my heart is heavy from the news coverage of the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. This story, like too many others like it, deserves a response from all of us. Whatever your politics, whatever your faith, whatever you believe — we all need to do our part to make this world… Read More