Jay Wamsted has taught math at Benjamin E. Mays High School in southwest Atlanta for fourteen years. His writing has been featured in various journals and magazines, including Harvard Educational Review, Mathematics Teacher, and Sojourners. He can be found online at The Southeast Review, Under the Sun, and the TEDx YouTube channel, where you can watch his 2017 talk “Eating…
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Self Care is Needed More Than Ever for Teachers!
October 16, 2019 By Marcus Harden “You cannot heal in the same environment you got sick in.” -Unknown I’m an optimist. It’s what keeps me in education all these years. In the times I’ve wavered or thought about shifting careers to become a blackjack dealer, cruise ship concierge or professional hand model, it’s been my belief in people and individuals…
Advocates for Teachers say APS Superintendent Search Needs to Be Transparent!
This article is originally covered here by Maureen Downey of AJC. Atlanta teacher advocacy group, AFT wants transparency with new search for the next leader of APS. The method use to seek out the current APS Superintendent is still a concern for APS parents and stakeholders. This includes long time voice for Atlanta teachers. AJC – Verdaillia Turner is an…
Black Parents Cannot Afford to Lose Focus: Our Kids Have Suffered Enough.
Written by David Mitchell, Founder/CEO of Better Outcomes for Our Kids and partner of EdLanta. When you’re a parent thinking about what’s best for your child, I can only imagine the fear and anger one must have when watching the conversation happening between the Atlanta Board of Education and the current superintendent. After you shed yourself of those concerns, what…
Derrien Dennis is Making School a Safe Place for Black Boys
Most K-12 Black male educators are in administration or secondary education. However, there are growing numbers of Black men who are working in elementary schools. Black boys need to see positive reflections of Black men in classrooms during their early development. A fellow Black male teacher in Georgia, Derrien Dennis, is seeking additional funding to make his classroom a safe…
Georgia Teacher Named 2019 El Education School Design and GCSA Incubator Fellow
For Immediate Release June 26, 2019 NEW YORK and GEORGIA — EL Education, in collaboration with the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA), is proud to announce Kolt Bloxson as a joint fellow with the GCSA Incubator and EL Education’s 2019 School Design Program. The EL Education School Design Fellowship supports innovative and entrepreneurial educators to design, launch, and lead new…
If You Really Want to Appreciate Teachers, Pay Us Our Worth!
To start, receiving the food, nice cards and candy for Teacher Appreciation Week is great. It’s the nice thing to do for teachers who are shaping the minds of our future. But let me be frank and to the point for those who are reading. Returning to the classroom this year has shown me the real challenges teachers face daily.…