My mentor teacher was a six-foot two-inch Black Male, who exuded confidence, creativity, and a command of a room I envied on so many levels. He described himself as an Ex-Black Panther “intimate” different than a member, an “intellectual free-raider” who made sure he “always lived to fight another day”.  My mentor was a self-proclaimed […]

America, Circa 2021 Young Americans are starting back to school in a few weeks and they are in trouble. Deep trouble.  After almost a quarter-century teaching at a public high school, I never imagined I would write a book ominously titled, Hollowed Out: A Warning About America’s Next Generation. But, to be blunt, American school teachers have […]

As a high school teacher, I already struggled with trying to get freshmen out of the “middle school mentality” long before this pandemic.  Now, we have a new generation of students who not only have never set foot in our high school but ones who have missed out on that crucial transition period where they […]

Since nearly the beginning of this pandemic, the very idea of masks has been politicized. A study, Politicizing the Mask analyzed demographic and voting data to confirm what many of us could conclude anecdotally. States and areas that supported Trump are significantly less likely to wear a mask.  We can now see this playing out […]