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Stop expecting academia to love you
*Ray Salazar says the professor needs to apologize to Tiffany Martinez, but she should apologize to hersellf as well for not “recognizing their academic self-worth.” Think he’s right? VL By […]
Why Teachers Cannot Remain Neutral About the Presidential Election
*Presidential politics in the high school classroom: Saying Trump’s comments are unacceptable is not political indoctrination. It’s teaching. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino (4 minute read) The Chicago Public […]
Why Juan Gabriel’s music matters to a brown girl in Chicago
*Read this, it’s a tribute to iconic Mexican singer/songwriter Juan Gabriel, who passed away this weekend. Read it because, as Federico Garcia Lorca used to say, “esto tiene duende.” VL […]
Being a barber is about more than cutting hair
*I like stories like this one, that find the extraordinary in what we think of as ordinary. They provide texture to our community. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino […]
What do I say to my young son about Chicago’s gun violence
*This is worth your time to read. Ray Salazar lives in Chicago, where more than 1,500 people have been shot. He’s blunt about what to tell his 11 year-old son […]
What Arne Duncan misunderstands about disconnected young men of color
*Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in Chicago recently, explaining his idea for a program to help disconnected young men of color. That’s good, says Chicago public school teacher Ray Salazar, […]
How low-income students at elite colleges create their own obstacles
*Ray Salazar makes a case about the struggles of Latino students in Ivy League and other prestigious universities. Most, he says, are of their own making. I’m interested in what […]
One way to decrease the drop-out rate in Chicago Public Schools
*According to Pew Research the Latino dropout rate has dropped to 14%. In the last 20 years the rate has declined from 33% in 1993 to where it now stands. […]
If you’re a teacher, say “please” and “thank you”
*Ray Salazar tells us there’s a new no-nonsense trend in education. It requires teachers to be direct and to focus on instruction – “don’t say please and thankyou.” Ray takes […]
On Our Lady of Guadalupe: Faith, Feminism, and Fatherhood
*A compilation of the tributes that Ray Salazar has written to La Virgen de Guadalupe through the years. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino This Saturday, December 12, Mexican […]