Published inAge of Awareness·Apr 5, 2022Teachers Are Done. No, Really.I've been asked often why teachers are fleeing the classroom and while I can't speak for all teachers, many of our reasons appear to be universal. Teachers are leaving the classroom for a multitude of reasons. Prior to the pandemic, the system was already very much broken, but teachers were…Teaching3 min readTeaching3 min read
Mar 11, 2022PACs, Lies and Campaign Finance ReportsFrom the Official Desk of Diana Leygerman: An Official, Official Analysis During the March 8, 2022, Central Bucks School District school board meeting, venture capitalist/sports gambling investor Paul Martino attempted to rehab his image — and the image of the school board candidates he bankrolled — by accusing the Democratic School Board candidates of being “in the pocket” of the teachers…School Board10 min readSchool Board10 min read
Jan 23, 2022You’re Not An Expert. You Have Wi-Fi.Years ago, I worked as a copywriter at a medical and scientific consulting agency. At that point, I held a BA in Communications and Media Studies and a Post-BA certificate in Secondary Education. I was an expert only in my own field: copywriting and editing. While most folks at this…Covid-196 min readCovid-196 min read
Nov 18, 2021Central Bucks Is Not OkayRecently, New York Times’ The Daily featured a two-part series called The School Board Wars about my school district, Central Bucks, in Bucks County, PA. Having lived through and — one could argue, having survived this 2021 election as a Democratic School Board Candidate in CBSD, this podcast series was…School Board8 min readSchool Board8 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Jul 28, 2020Where Were You?Suddenly — seemingly out of nowhere — concerned parents in every corner of the country are screaming and asking, “What about our kids’ education?” The debate surrounding reopening schools is contentious and exposes every systemic flaw in public education. Parents are bringing up inequity and inequality. They are discussing special…Reopening Schools3 min readReopening Schools3 min read
Apr 30, 2020Our Collective Underlying ConditionHave you noticed? The world is on fire. The virus is lurking, it’s spreading its tentacles, it’s shedding its skin, it’s slithering into perfect lives, disrupting routines, exploding in living rooms furnished with white, tufted couches and oriental rugs. It’s bequeathing sparks of chaos, which ignite unexpectedly. It’s created discomfort…Pandemic5 min readPandemic5 min read
Apr 26, 2020We see you.When I embrace my mom, my body melts into her warmth. My forehead nestles in her arm and the weight of everything slowly dissipates and floats far away into an unknown abyss, with the rest of the worries, the nightmares, the little fires. When she hugs me, sounds fizzle and…Social Distance3 min readSocial Distance3 min read
Apr 6, 2020Purple Foil & QuarantineI function in a haze, or malfunction, is this simply existing? When days run into nights and nights stumble down rusted rails Is this what you call quarantine At 2 a.m. cars burn outside my window, but who is touching the wheel. The silence breaks, shatters on the kitchen tile …Quarantine1 min readQuarantine1 min read
Jan 9, 2020Year OneI was 29 when I walked into my first classroom. I was hired as a long-term sub in an amazing school district, one of the top in the state. An affluent school district. A dream for many. I was just thrilled to have a teaching job. I started in November…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Oct 8, 2019Member-onlyA Fight to Read.I remember the exact day my daughter declared “reading is boring.” She was in first grade, I had just come home from work, exhausted and frustrated with the day I had. I walked into the living room and asked her if she’d started her homework yet. “Reading is boring,” she…Reading5 min readReading5 min read
