Following a contentious debate over our new Secretary of Education, it is crucial to keep empathy in mind when we engage with one another. We may not use the word “empathy” with our kindergarteners at Beacon Elementary School, the preK-3 school in the Detroit area where I’ve taught for 32 years, but we still try […]

Lynn Bamrick O’Meara
Lynn Bamrick O’Meara has taught for more than 30 years in the same Detroit area public elementary school, in grades K-3 and Reading Recovery/Title 1.