The Backpack Drop Zone: One Sixth-Grade Truth That Exposed Our Quiet Crisis

cuts, standardized testing crazes, and the rise of the smartphone. I have survived the era of chalkboards and the era of iPads. I thought I had seen it all.

But nothing prepared me for this Tuesday in November.

We live in a time where everyone is shouting but no one is listening. In the United States right now, we are so divided—by screens, by politics,continue reading …