For 2021, I set a goal of reading 50 books. I didn’t reach my goal. I only read 22, but I am still proud of
Author: Educator Barnes
Educator Barnes is a married mother of identical twin boys. She has been an educator for nearly two decades. Although she has worked in the urban traditional public school setting for the majority of her career, she student taught in rural Indiana, worked in the suburbs, and in public charter schools. She leads Blazing Brilliance, an education consulting business. She is also Brave Brothers Books Co-Founder & CEO, and teaches undergraduate and graduate college courses. Previously, she served as a middle school academic dean, an elementary library/media specialist, an elementary and high school literacy coach, a middle and high school English/Language Arts teacher, and K-5 English as a New Language teacher. She won the 2019 Indiana Black Expo Excellence in Education Journalism Award. To learn more about Educator Barnes, visit http://www.educatorbarnes.com.
Monday Musings: The Cost
The cost of Dr. King’s work was death. Although I truly believe he should have a federal holiday, it is not lost on me that
Monday Musings: 2 A.M. Drive
Today is the one-year anniversary of the last time I saw my dad alive. Weeks before Christmas last year, I had a hysterectomy. I wasn’t
Monday Musings: Don’t Call My Bluff
Rihanna once sang, “Y’all should know me well enough … Please don’t call me on my bluff.” Those words have resonated with me lately. I
Monday Musings: Spread Hope, Not Fear
“You do too much!” “True.” The exception now is I’m trying to only do things that I want to do. If I am busy but
Monday Musings: Chapter 38
Yesterday, I closed chapter 37; it was the last chapter with my dad in it. Despite the pain that reality brings me, I am determined