The Second Line Education Blog

Lee Green, Head of School at Andrew H. Wilson, is an honest straight shooter. He’s a true educator who has adults walking around saying, “I remember Mr. Green. He was a great teacher.” Green is a tenured and experienced teacher of over twenty years and a great citizen of our beloved New Orleans. He gave to young minds before Katrina and has weathered the storm to remain a fixture in the future… Read More

As we are in the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the diversity of the culture and ancestry, it is important to acknowledge a particular group of Latinos: our Afro-Latinos. Even in Latinx spaces, there is often a failure to honor this group and their unique experience and struggles. This failure can be traced back to anti-Blackness in our different cultures, from Mexico to the tip of South America and to… Read More

By Felicia Simpson Val O’Connell, a Trump supporter and mother from Bozeman, Montana, was being interviewed by NBC News political reporter Ali Vitali when she made the following statement: “Groping a woman? At 18?….. I mean how many guys do you know who thinks that’s no big deal” – Val O’Connell In the news clip, O’Connell said these appalling words to the reporter, the first red flag. She also included her teenage daughters… Read More

And just like that, America’s dad is going away to jail at 81 years old.  On Tuesday, September 25th, Bill Cosby was accused and sentenced to three to 10 years for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand 14 years ago at his home.  What Cosby did was undoubtedly wrong, and I sympathize for every woman who was affected by his actions. However, I didn’t cheer when he was sentenced.  The crooked justice… Read More

Anne Meltzer is a psychologist and offered the following information in an article in the Washington Post: The vast majority of sexual abuse victims delay disclosing what happened. “It’s one of the most common features of child sex abuse,” Meltzer said. Most victims of child sexual abuse fear retaliation, that they won’t be believed or that their family may be angry. There are often very intense feelings of shame, guilt and humiliation…. Read More