Ali S.·Dec 14, 2023Relationship-building: the most recommended and least understood skill in teacher development“Have you tried building a relationship with the student?”
Ali S.·Dec 13, 2023Holding up the weight of the world: teaching and the pain of impactTrigger warning: This narrative contains references to suicidal ideation.
Ali S.·Dec 8, 2023How ‘balanced literacy’ has older students hanging in the balanceAll names have been changed.
Ali S.·Dec 5, 2023Deadly asteroids and thebeginning of your spring: A message for the class of 2023The following comes from a keynote address delivered to the Ceiba College Preparatory Academy graduating class on Friday, June 9th, 2023.
Ali S.·Oct 6, 2023“Signal, please”: How I found my teacher voice without speaking a wordThe summer before my first year of teaching, I had vivid nightmares. In one particularly cliché premonition, I saw myself standing at the…
