Amanda is the Director of Scholar Development at Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School. She coordinates career days, college visits, mentor programs, and meets with every one of her 8th graders' families to help plan for their daughter's high school future and beyond. In this episode, we talk about first-time teaching experiences, urban education, race, secondary trauma, teacher retention, and the complicated lottery system for Baltimore City high school placements.

Links:

Lillie May Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LMCJS/

Places to donate and volunteer in Baltimore (from Amanda's blog): https://writingamandy.com/2018/07/06/paint-baltimore-kind/