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A few years ago, a high school principal I know faced a problem she never expected to put on the agenda: pickup trucks with beach-size American flags whipping a…

A few years ago I sat with a high school junior in the guidance office after a minor dust-up in the lunchroom. He had bowed his head for a quick grace. A nearby…

A middle school principal once told me that the hardest decision she made had nothing to do with test scores or hiring. It was a flag. The school had always dis…

On my first day helping a small-town high school with a civics program, I paused in a quiet hallway and noticed an empty flag bracket https://zanderrmdd208.yous…

A flagpole looks simple from a distance, a straight line meeting the sky. Up close, it tells a story. The base shows the grit of the ground where it stands. The…

The first time I saw the conflict up close, I was standing beside a third grade teacher during morning announcements. The class had learned a new school pledge …

The bell had slightly rung whilst a sophomore in a hoodie walked into the vice fundamental’s workplace with a small American flag stitched to his backpack strap…

The flag outside my house snaps in the high plains wind like a sail eager for open water. Some mornings I catch it glowing with that first slant of sun, the red…