Teaching
I'm a Teacher Not a Boxer, and I'm Tired of Being Beat Up by My Students
I had a job interview recently. Even though I am pretty well known for my work with older students I was interviewing for a K-2 special education classroom. There are lots of reasons for the change...
Mental Health
Even When Teachers Don't Feel Safe, They Don't Support Guns in the Classroom
Hear us teachers loud and clear: We do not want to be armed, and we do not want to work in prison-like school buildings. We became teachers to help students flourish and grow, and arming us erodes...
U.S. Department of Education
Arne Duncan’s New Book Made Me Feel Awful But You Should Totally Read It
I just finished hate-reading Arne Duncan’s book, “ How Schools Work.” I didn’t hate the book, but for so many reasons, I really hated reading it. As a teacher, the most damaging, dangerous thought I...
guns
Turns Out There Are Dope Education Warriors in Rhode Island
OUTRAGE Recently, I wrote a piece about the kids who won’t be returning to school this fall because they were victims of gun violence. This week, I’m watching a host of back-to-school celebrations....
student achievement
There's No Back to School for the Kids Who Get Shot and Killed
Outrage: They’re Dying More than 60 youth have been shot here in Chicago this year. At least 20 of those this summer and some of them won’t be returning to school this fall because they’re dead. Most...
guns
I’m a Teacher in Florida and I’m Afraid of Going Back to School This Fall
I am a seventh-grade civics teacher at a public school in Dade County, Florida, and I am afraid to go back to teaching in the fall. Parkland is in Broward, our sister county. I think every day about...