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By Brian Broome Contributing columnist February 13, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST Washington Post It’s disheartening to watch the idols from my youth turn into old grumps. Reading Sean Penn’s recent comment that too many men have become “feminized” reminded me that some people…..
Sometimes someone else’s inspired words give us the courage to speak or to claim an insight that we felt was a bit outside the norm, until we find that someone else more famous said the same thing. Read this collection…..
In his 1845 memoir, A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, the famed abolitionist wrote that, “I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.” Later in life, Douglass—who was…..
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The story behind the Frederick Douglass birthday celebration (National Constitution Center) On February 14, 2022, America will observe the birthday of the iconic Frederick Douglass. While the year of his birth has been narrowed down to two possible candidates, the actual…..
By Marcus Jones February 11, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST Washington Post Marcus Jones is the Montgomery County chief of police. When a 17-year-old student allegedly shot a 15-year-old student at Magruder High School on Jan. 21, there were several disturbing aspects to…..
Karen Cornelius Medium Jan 10 2016 Knowing how important a safe and orderly classroom is for effective learning, it is every teachers’ nightmare when they feel that they have lost control of a class of students. In fact, most teachers feel ashamed to admit…..
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902May 22, 1967) Langston Hughes began his career during the Harlem Renaissance period, living in DC for one year and four months, then moving to Pennsylvania and New York. While living in DC, he published his first…..
BY TUNIKA ONNEKIKAMI DECEMBER 6, 2021 Atlas Obscura AS FAR AS MARJORIE HARRELL knew, her sophomore English teacher in 1958 was just an old woman—quiet, tired, a bit sick. It was only after the teacher died a couple of years later…..
By Brenda Cassellius February 9th Washington Post at 1:08 p.m. EST Brenda Cassellius is the superintendent of Boston Public Schools. She served previously as commissioner of education in Minnesota. Last month, I returned to teaching in a classroom after two decades. As…..
By Donna St. George at 9:58 a.m. EST Washington Post Feb 8th 2022 Montgomery County voted to hire its first woman as schools superintendent — an African American educator who was a leader during the pandemic — a milestone in Maryland’s largest school…..