"I was so scared": Huron student whose undocumented father was deported tells her story
In a matter of seconds they busted my door open,” she said. “It was almost like a war was happening at my house--there were these huge guns, guys with big helmets, heavy armor, bulletproof vests. First three, then five, then two of them. I was on my knees and the man put a gun to me, my mother, and my brother...in his baby carriage.”
Through the window, she caught a glimpse of her father being pushed against a car hood, handcuffed.
During coronavirus pandemic, the Class of 2020 matures
We understand that these times are unprecedented, and we know that humanity is larger than the moments we've been forced to forfeit. But it’s worth remembering the moments we looked forward to, the ones we may never experience...Our world is changing. And as we graduate into the next chapter of our lives, the Class of 2020 is changing, too. Our resilience and empathy will define us in the new moments we make.
Reflecting on the tragic shooting of Yoshi Hattori
A movement can synergize from enough pressing forces. The Tinker siblings, Supreme Court plaintiffs in the landmark Tinker v. Des Moines case, said as much when I interviewed the four of them (separately) after the Parkland shooting last year. One quote from Paul Tinkerhess spoke the most to me: "The very fact of being upset can motivate you to finally do something about the problem and change things. I would say if you are touching a hot iron you have a problem, but if the nerves are not firing from the nerves to the brain, you have an even bigger problem."
Where do we go from here? Conclusions from the first-ever DP scores released this summer
The opposite was also true, where students received lower scores than predicted by teachers.
“That additional feedback lets us understand where [teachers and examiners] saw differences in terms of how the student performed based on what they turned in,” Karr said, noting that teachers have already begun working virtually and in-person over the summer to revise courses. In late August, all the Ann Arbor IB teachers attended training with 20 other IB schools across the state. There were 13 workshops designed specifically in topics like math, science, counseling and special education.
Looking back: Why Geometry teacher Yichen Zhang left, in her own words
Ms. Zhang took a second to swallow a few almost-tears. Her many-layered scarf, covered in colorful logos of Hogwarts houses, was loud in the quiet room. Her hair was pinned up as always. She wore a thin silver watch on her left wrist and a jade bracelet on her right.In Chinese culture, it is said that wearing jade has healing properties. When you’re healthy, you nourish it, so that when you’re ill, it nurses you.“I appreciate everyone around me a lot more,” she told me. “Because everyone is struggling through something.”