by Merianna Harrelson | Jan 25, 2023 | Opinion
I can remember the joy of being offered a full-time, second-grade teaching position right out of college in 2007. Teaching was a stable job and a purposeful profession, offering retirement and health insurance. After four years of being in and out of classrooms...
by Randall Balmer | Dec 14, 2022 | Opinion
A colleague once remarked, “I teach for free. They pay me to grade.” I suspect anyone engaged in pedagogy understands that sentiment, especially those of us who teach in the humanities. In the STEM disciplines, at least it appears to me from afar, you’re more likely...
by Trevor Barton | Aug 26, 2022 | Opinion
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by Cameron Vickrey | Feb 23, 2022 | Opinion
The teaching career is changing, and not for the better. Teachers are leaving the profession in alarming numbers, and many plan to leave earlier than they thought they would. My high school senior year AP English teacher died unexpectedly last week. Mr. Wood was a...
by Trevor Barton | Oct 28, 2021 | Opinion
Interactive reading is one way I engage my fourth graders in learning about new people and places. Recently, we’ve used this approach with books by Malala Yousafzai and Jane Goodall. “Have you heard of Malala?” I asked my students when introducing them to her book...
