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Sharing Success Can Erode ‘Teacher Shaming’ Culture, Says Award-Winning Educator
Ten years ago, as I struggled through my first days and weeks of teaching, I was amazed at how majestic and powerful the veteran teachers seemed. They approached their craft with single-minded...
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Top 5 Myths and Lies About Teachers and Their Profession
Well-funded misinformation campaigns succeed in part by leaving no rock unturned in the quest to smear whatever person or institution they are targeting. In these cases, is there any meaningful...
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‘The University is For Sale’: Koch Brothers Target Higher Education
The billionaire Koch brothers, famous for the more than $400 million they funneled to right-wing candidates in the 2012 state elections, aren’t just bankrolling politicians to do the dirty work of...
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Mark Your Calendars! Next Week is Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week is a week long celebration in the United States observed the first full week in May. Celebrate National Teacher Day (May 6) on Social Media! Use the #ThankaTeacher hashtag and...
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Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School?
Although the vast majority of educators dress in professional attire for the classrooms and schools where they work, some schools districts are nonetheless drafting and implementing dress code policies...
View ArticleWrong Call: A California Judge Picks Big Money over Teachers and Students
A California judge’s ruling Tuesday against due process for teachers is as flawed as the meritless lawsuit filed by a billionaire boys’ club behind it—and the California Teachers Association (CTA)...
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The Key to Fighting Privatization? Preparation
Spring is usually the season when private contractors across the nation seem to crawl out of the woodwork seeking public school contracts. Why? Easy prey. Privateers know school board members are...
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‘Relentless and Ruthless’: Filmmaker Robert Greenwald on the Koch Brothers
Robert Greenwald is the director of the recently re-released documentary film, Koch Brothers Exposed; 2014 Edition, and the founder and president of Brave New Films, where he has produced and directed...
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The Long History of Blaming Teachers First
A high-ranking education official in a major U.S. city feverishly argues that schools should be operated like a business. Unapologetic about targeting and firing ineffective teachers, the official...
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Teachers in Kansas May Soon Face Jail Time for Doing Their Job
Would an English teacher dare open up Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn or J.D Salinger’s A Catcher in the Rye if there was any possibility that a policeman could darken...
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Educators Told to Intern at Local Businesses To Renew Teacher Licenses
Rachael Seibert is a teacher in her eighth year in Columbus City Schools in Ohio. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree and welcomes professional development opportunities that improve her teaching....
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Dismantling the Myths About Teachers and Public Education
(Photo © 2016 NEA / Moses Mitchell Photography) In this era of so-called “fake news,” it’s difficult to escape the task of wading through the distortions, half-truths, or just outright lies that...
View ArticleWhy We Are Red for Ed
In state after state, we're taking to the streets, raising our voices together for our students, for our schools, and for ourselves as educators.
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Comebacks to Annoying Comments About Teaching
Ah, the holidays. ’Tis the season to gather round the hearth, feast on turkey and pie, and enjoy the company and conversation of loved ones we see but a few times a year. And thank goodness for that!...
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Threatened and Attacked By Students: When Work Hurts
Shannon Macaulay, teacher at Meadowbrook High School. (Photo: Luis Gomez) The student was extremely upset about something. A paraeducator approached him to inquire. In response, the student kicked her...
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8 Education Trends and Ideas Worth Leaving Behind in 2019
For public education, 2019, like previous years, brought its share of the good, the bad, and the ugly. On balance, there was plenty of good news, made largely possible by the 2018 mid-term elections...
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