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Open Letter to the Class of 2025

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Editor’s note: this is our contribution to an initiative of NEA, who is asking friends of education from across the country to write open letters to the Class of 2025, this year’s incoming kindergarteners. These letters should convey…
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TIME’s Breastfeeding Mom Jamie Lynne Grumet Gets Likeable

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Jamie Lynne Grumet, the woman now famous for appearing on the cover of TIME magazine breastfeeding her then-three-year-old son, is once again featured on a magazine cover, and once again, she’s breastfeeding. But instead of looking like…
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Chicago Teachers Strike: What’s the Ruckus?

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Chicago Teachers Strike Day 2: What’s the ruckus? As of late Monday night, the Chicago Teacher’s Union and Chicago School Board officials had yet to reach a contract deal, and it appeared that 350,000 Chicago school kids would get…
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´Twas The Night Before The First Day of School

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On the night before the first day of school (in many Southern states we start on the 20th of August this year) I lay in bed awake, recapping on the resolutions I made on the first day of summer vacation. Back then I had a plan: I was going…
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Post-Theater Massacre: Aurora Moms Not Scared

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The theater massacre in my hometown of Aurora, Colorado has had a great impact on our community. We are grieving the loss of the 12 individuals who were killed, but we’re also trying to maintain a sense of hope as we learn more about what…
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Cosmo for Latinas: Michelle Herrera Mulligan Makes Her Mark

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Since Cosmopolitan for Latinas’ Michelle Herrera Mulligan first began her job in January, heels are practically an every day staple for the newly crowned editor in chief. I telephone her Brooklyn home just as she’s heading out to…
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I Survived Domestic Abuse & Violence

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“Chris Brown, you can beat me!” some young girls tweeted. I was equal parts shocked, frightened, and disappointed. I’ve also seen the many jokes about Chris Brown’s abuse of former girlfriend and collaborator, Rihanna. I get that…
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Maria Cardona Interviews AT&T’s Carmen Nava

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Carmen Nava is a successful businesswoman and proud Latina mom. Her illustrious 27-year career has taken her to assignments in billing operations, marketing, external affairs, human resources, customer service and sales. On February 1, 2012,…
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I Want to Party Like...My Parents!

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In Proust’s novel, Remembrance of Things Past the narrator is transported back in time with the taste of the soft cookies called Madeleines dipped in tea. For me it is hearing the laughter of adults at a party. My parents threw great…