I have always known I’ve wanted to be a teacher. Even in the fourth grade “Dress for Success” parade, I wore my best teacher outfit and brought math equations for everyone to solve. I am majoring in elementary education next year, and am interning at a Howard County elementary school this year. This year, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order to shut down...

Each day at 7:50am, the late bell rings in half empty classrooms as students line up on main street to scan in. Many students arrive as first period is in session, putting themselves at a disadvantage, frustrating teachers, and disrupting lessons. According to the Maryland State Department of Education, 38.7% of Wilde Lake students are chronically absent, meaning they miss 10% or more of the school...

100 days into the Trump administration, and things have already gone from bad to worse. ICE raids, health department scandals and completely unnecessary trade wars; while the news is focused on Trump’s more noticeable corruption, something very important is going under the radar for most—conditions for transgender people in the US are falling apart at the seams. On the federal level, Trump has...