LOS ANGELES, Calif.– Teachers play a major role in building brighter futures for our children in communities around the country. This May, Teleflora, the world’s leading floral delivery service and GLSEN, the leading education organization focused on ensuring safe and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 schools, are partnering to help you express your gratitude for all the teachers that…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Unified School District is among 12 large urban school districts that are collaborating for the first time to help solve major issues—finding new sources of effective teachers and education-related support staff while providing opportunities for veterans and spouses to continue to serve in their own communities. Large urban school…
SACRAMENTO – Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 827 by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach) into law. The new law provides greater support for LGBTQ students by ensuring schools provide teachers information on related school site and community resources available to their students. “My experience as a classroom teacher has taught me one…
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the national youth empowerment organization Gay-Straight Alliance Network launched a campaign for GSA clubs to demand their districts adopt the recommendations around restorative practices outlined in the educators’ toolkit released Thursday by prominent educator and advocate organizations. The #GSAs4Justice campaign empowers youth to push back against punitive discipline policies that create…
You really didn’t want to talk about it. Sometimes, you thought it might even be just a rite of passage: everybody endures name-calling at one time or another, right? Everybody’s bullied at some time. You didn’t want to talk about it, but you always wondered if you should’ve. When faced with bullies, is keeping quiet…
For those that don’t know, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) – the people who brought you Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA), the No Name Calling Week and the National Day of Silence – has a San Diego County chapter. If you didn’t know about it, you aren’t the first, and it isn’t surprising. The…
Have you noticed the more and more gay-straight mixing in Hillcrest/North Park? It is becoming increasingly pronounced in the restaurants especially with the younger crowd. Friendly service greets all customers and they in turn pay no attention to the sexual make-up of the couple or group at the next table. More and more of us…
(CNN) — President Barack Obama said Friday that children from communities wracked by poverty and violence need help from the government, schools, family and clergy to have a chance to climb “ladders of opportunity” to reach the middle class and beyond. Speaking at a Chicago high school near where he used to live, Obama cited…
When you were born, your parents counted your fingers and toes. They lovingly stroked your baby-soft skin, checked to make sure all parts were present and accounted for, then they looked into your face and wondered what might become of you someday. They never asked for a refund because of your hair (or lack thereof)….
By LZ Granderson Editor’s note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and is a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (CNN)…
