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Mind the Gap: What's Next?
An inner-city schoolteacher wrestles with what to do after his two-year teaching commitment is up. For many second-year Teach For America corps...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Saying Farewell
An inner-city schoolteacher says farewell to his first graduating class. Dear Class of 2010: We had an inauspicious start two years ago—one of...
Read & DiscussBrendan Lowe thinks Mind the Gap: Fathers Who Show Up is good.
2 years agoMind the Gap: Fathers Who Show Up
An inner-city schoolteacher celebrates Mr. Burgos. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” It may be ironic to begin a post about Father’s...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Teachers Grading Their Own Exams
An inner-city schoolteacher attempts to dampen enthusiasm for standardized testing. As I discussed a few weeks ago, it’s testing time here in...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: My Door Is Open
An inner-city schoolteacher on the isolated nature of his profession. In positions past, I spent a lot of time working in a cubicle, but I never...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: An Insider's Critique of Teach for America
An inner-city schoolteacher offers a critique of Teach for America. This is the second in a two-part series on the education reform organization,...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: In Defense of Teach for America
An inner-city schoolteacher defends Teach for America. This is the first in a two-part series on the education reform organization, in which...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Taking Attendance
An inner-city schoolteacher on the challenges of getting his kids to come to school. I start each class with a hearty call-and-response of...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Test Prep Mayhem
An inner-city schoolteacher bemoans the beginning of Test Prep Season. Here in New York, it’s that time of year again. Central Park is abloom...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Different Kinds of Toughness
An inner-city schoolteacher questions the fortitude of his supposedly toughest students. Last week, my students entered our classroom and began...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Visitor Beware
An inner-city schoolteacher explores the difference between voluntourism and poorism. At the height of the pre-recession boom a few years ago, a...
Read & DiscussMind the Gap: Big Easy Ramblings
An inner-city schoolteacher visits post-Katrina New Orleans with his students. Greetings from New Orleans, where I’ve come with two of my...
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