Because parents know it takes a village.
Faces of Education welcomes our newest contributor–Talitha Anyabwelé! We are excited to share her unique perspective on how education and culture are inseparably connected. Talitha V. Anyabwelé is the founder of the Black Girl Speaks movement, and the creator of the Raising Imhotep curriculum and Consulting firm where she advises clients in educational remedies, cultural diversity […]
Researching all day long (which I have no time to do), I still wouldn’t understand if my kid’s school is giving them everything they need. Parents need the experts, the food inspectors, to go check the kitchen and tell us if there are roaches. Otherwise, if my kid is happy and healthy I may just […]
The first round of ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) plans have been submitted to the feds. Florida is not one of them, opting to wait until the fall along with more than 30 other states. So far, every state’s plan looks different due to the new choice-buffet for student performance measurement. And, honestly, it’s making me crazy-anxious. Education Week covers […]
When my mother boarded that plane so many years ago, leaving her children behind, to go make a life for us in America, it was all for love. When she sent for us one-by-one, it was for love. I remember being the last one at home, instinctively having conversations with my sister, who wasn’t there. […]
Education has always been the cornerstone of my family. My parents and my sisters and I all had such a love of learning that there was never a “push” toward excelling. It was just always who we intrinsically were. I went to high school to be a surgeon and college to be a psychologist, so […]