11 years ago, I began two very different careers. By day, I was a high school English teacher, employed at Northside College Prep, a magnet school serving gifted students in the Chicago Public School system. But when school was on
As the calendar turns to August, parents, teachers, students, and school professionals all know that creeping feeling. Another school year is about to begin, and aside from all of the normal worries, excitement, and logistics of starting another academic calendar,
