Teaching

At the end of a long day, the last thing I’m looking for is a long and detailed email from a parent. Not that I don’t value good communication with parents

I am not a teacher. I am not a principal. I am not a school board member. I am not a district administrator (anymore). What I am is a mother of two, a high

By last December, the fall of my ninth year of teaching high school, I had been observed by teacher coaches, visitors from educational non-profit organizat

This week we don’t have the luxury of silence. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) at Schools Week of Action kicks off this week, the same week the Super Bowl rei

Question: Which does more harm? Over-suspending disruptive kids, which denies them learning time and contributes to the dropout rate. Under-suspending disr

Can I really do this for 30 years? Why isn’t loving them enough? It always worked at camp. My lessons are awesome, so why don’t they care? Don’t cry. Never

Time is running out for Congress to do something about DACA protections for undocumented immigrants. If they fail to act on a long-term fix for a program b

I am currently 34,000 feet over Colorado on a flight home from one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Over the past four days I have gotten to

Every morning, I come to work thinking about our students. Not politics, or rhetoric, or the news. Just our students—all 12,000 of them. They come from eve