TWELVE WEEKS INTO our school year, I received notification that I would have a new student in my virtual ESL classroom. Amira, a fifth grader, was from Morocco and spoke French and Arabic. Over the next few days, many Google-translated emails and text messages later, I was still trying my best to communicate schedules and […]
Kayla Scholl
Kayla Scholl is a fifth-grade teacher at KIPP Academy Lynn in Lynn, Massachusetts, and a Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellow.
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Undocumented children need support
EVERY DAY MY morning routine includes flipping the lights on and turning on my shower faucet. I often take for granted this access to electricity, running water, and a warm bed I have in my studio apartment in East Boston. Thousands across the city live day-to-day without these basic amenities and undocumented immigrants are disproportionately […]
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A disability shouldn’t be a handicap
“EXCUSE ME, DO you need that parking space? Because my 85-year-old mother does.” My sister, Maria, and I turned our heads to see a middle-aged woman scowling at us moments after we pulled into a handicapped parking space, at the front entrance of our local mall. Outraged, I said, “As a matter of fact, we […]