As I am so sure many women say, coming back to work after maternity leave, I was a different person. I was powering through on minimal...

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If you're anything like me, the holidays are always high on the list of days to be enthusiastic and joyful. It's an exciting time to...

So, You Want to be a Culturally Responsive Educator? Let’s Get it Right so We Don’t Keep Missing the Mark In the past few months, I have...

“Forgive yourself for not having the foresight to know what now seems so obvious in hindsight.” —Judy Belmont Over the past couple of...