Robin Appleberry is the parent of children in middle school and high school in Washington D.C., and co-leads Integrated Schools’ D.C. chapter. Recently, on a walk home from school, she introduced a young friend to fresh figs from a neighbor’s tree (photo). In this post, Robin shares the sobering details of what back-to-school looks and feels like this fall in Washington, D.C.
The president just signed a truly monstrous piece of legislation into law. Much has been written about the impacts on health, climate and the debt, but there is a lesser known evil lurking in this bill – a national school voucher plan. It’s temping to lose hope, but there is something each of us can do.
My last post was about the exchange between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at the first round of Democratic primary debates earlier this summer. It’s amazing to me that this already feels so distant. Before getting to the main topic for the posts this week, here’s a quick summary of some of the major things that have happened in the last month or so.
The forces of White comfort and privilege are recalcitrant. But what I want to say to the parents who tell me they’re withdrawing from our public school system is: Don’t all parents want the whole host of desirable things?
