Category Archives: Interviews
Get on the School Bus: Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers
by ALISTAIR BOMPHRAY Any public school teacher will attest to the difficulty of organizing a field trip. There’s paperwork to fill out, signatures to obtain, and money to raise. Not to mention the logistical headache of shepherding an unwieldy troop … Continue reading
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Grow Your Own Teachers: An Interview
About a month ago, I wrote about a program in Illinois called Grow Your Own Teachers (GYO), a state funded initiative to channel community members through the credentialing process and into local schools. As a follow-up to that piece, I interviewed 38-year-old Maria Ramirez, a GYO teacher who just finished her student teaching and is currently looking for her first job. Continue reading
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Interview with Sara Bennett on Homework
An interview with education activist and co-author of The Case Against Homework, Sara Bennett. Continue reading
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