Marguerite Rucker

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Marguerite Rucker is a mother, teacher and cheerleader. After 20 years of teaching, she currently teaches sixth grade. Her master’s degree is in educational leadership. She also opened a Performing Arts Academy with her best friend and trained several successful child actors and dancers who have appeared in TV shows and commercials. She is the proud mother of two high school children and the wife of a school psychologist.


Pages authored by Marguerite Rucker

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Pick Up the Phone I decided not to leave a phone message. As my mind began racing through what I wanted to say in an email instead, I thought about my dual...
Winning the Battle of Smart vs. Cool My student was trying to act like he wasn’t smart. He told his parents that being smart meant not having cool friends. When test time came, he simply...
Help Students Find Their ‘Power of One’ I see my cocoa brown hand grab the handle of the door. I take a deep breath. I already know what I will see and I am sure I will know what I feel. I...
It’s Time to Put Stereotype Threat to Rest "The girls glared at me. "She's just trying to act white," one said.I remember those piercing but confusing words cutting me like a knife. I clinched...