Teaching

I’ve written about teacher accountability before, but I recently read a few things that got me thinking. The first was a report out of Los Angeles that sho

This is a guest post from Ash Whipple, an Oakland public school student who uses the pronouns they/them. They are a First Robotics Competition Captain and

Let me tell you a tale of two schools. As the Georgia Teacher of the Year, I visit countless schools all across Georgia—observing instruction and meeting s

When I first met Chris, he was quiet—I could tell he was trying to figure out who I was, and who I could be in his life. The stories I heard about Chris di

Recently, I shared with a colleague that I was about to start my new job as an assistant professor of education, assisting first-year teachers as they emba

“Dear @MrTomRad, we have a lot of common peeps and I respect your work. While I can appreciate what you’re trying to do with this piece, a surge in racism

When I was in middle school, it was pretty clear what my teachers thought of me. I was placed in the slow track, literally named the “Delta” group, as oppo

As teacher leaders, we go out and we inspire; we fight; we motivate, and we do it because we love students and believe in educators. We view our teacher ro

Outrage: Kids Can’t Read, America It took the kid about 5 minutes to read one sentence. He struggled to pronounce the easiest words. I was annoyed. I said