Voices From The Community
Looking For Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Nicolle Fefferman has taken a leave from her role as an LAUSD teacher to recover from burnout and reflects on the status of public education.
“Many education leaders and politicians want to ‘do what’s best for students’ but instead engage in the most expedient, easiest, convenient, or flashiest actions that always wind up costing money and time.”
- Nicolle Fefferman
The end-of-year holidays are a natural time for reflection on the past year as we try to build up hope for the upcoming year. Nicolle Fefferman, an LAUSD teacher and co-founder of Parents Supporting Teachers expresses her thoughts about education as she prepares to celebrate Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday that celebrates how light can prevail in the darkness:
Hanukkah is coming on December 18th and my boys are gearing up for fried food, seeing friends and family, and lighting enough candles to make the kitchen look dangerous. The holiday provides an opportunity to remember that amid winter and darkness, we can make light for…
