Co-authored by Melissa Katz and Molly Tansey This past summer Mia McKenzie of Black Girl Dangerous published a piece entitled “All the White Teachers I Wish I Never Had.” In the piece, she discusses how during her early school years her entire world was Black, filled with family, friends and teachers who supported her academic…
By: Hajra Syed Earlier this year, when I was starting to be really in the thick of my teacher education program, I suddenly remembered a thought I had when I was in elementary school. I remember thinking that it would be SO weird if a hijabi was to teach in public schools. The other teachers…
Since the launch of Young Teachers Collective, we have received a number of negative messages, comments, and tweets. We have been called “poor bastards,” “wannabe newbies,” “naive little kids,” and the most common of them all, “foolish idealists.” We have seen comments arguing that because we are young, our voices and opinions have no substance.
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