To the editor: The administration is currently considering a plan to end all humanitarian aid to seven African nations: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. These programs survived the initial USAID purge precisely because they were judged to be lifesaving by ...
To the editor: In 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood alone in the Senate chamber to deliver her “Declaration of Conscience.” Faced with the toxic McCarthyist culture of “character assassination,” she famously warned that the Republican Party must not ride to victory on the ...
Most adults can recall joyful memories from their childhood and teenage years – the kind that come with sticky fingers from melting Popsicles, birthday candles glowing as friends and family sing, innocent shenanigans on school field trips and the comfort of feeling safe enough to ...
We’ve had a great start to the school year as we now enter the second half. I’m excited to share some major accomplishments. Record Graduation Rates The School District achieved its highest graduation rate ever at 89.9%, a 4% improvement over last year. Our traditional high schools and ...
Our mental health journeys are far from linear. From moment to moment, we experience and perceive life in different ways that can turn our world upside down. Whatever we walk through, what matters is how we show up for our community. In moments of celebration, uncertainty, sorrow and ...
Students aren’t the only ones learning in the classroom... educators learn, too. After more than 20 years as a public school teacher, I have learned that meaningful change in education is rarely instant. When it happens, though, teachers and students feel the difference immediately. This ...
