As a teacher, finding work at a good public school can be a challenging but rewarding experience. These 7 ways to get your first teaching job give you the resources and strategies to increase your chances of landing a job that aligns with your...
Aren't schools, by their very nature, indoctrination machines? That is how public schools were designed to be from their conception. Horace Mann, the man behind the idea of public education, felt very strongly that a successful nation needs a...
What comes to mind when someone says, "Oh, that's a really good school?" Is it students all sitting in their seats, diligently taking notes? Is it passing along students who can read and do math on grade level? Or is it graduating students who can...
Because teachers quitting has become its own pandemic, don't be surprised if you find someone named "TBA" teaching your child's class. There will apparently be A LOT of TBAs in charge of classes this fall. School districts across the country report...
As summer vacation is ending, I was wondering if you are beginning to get a nervous tick when you hear, “Back to School Sale?” Or do you find yourself tearing up when you walk by the school supplies aisle? Or do you awaken in the fetal position...
If ever there was a school year that deserved a "middle finger," 🖕🏼🖕🏼that was one! Fresh off the Pandemic, many teachers are calling it quits because they felt this year was beyond their job description. I'm sure parents and students may have...
According to an article in the New York Times, "This year, for the first time since the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests began tracking student achievement in the 1970s, 9-year-olds lost ground in math, and scores in reading fell by...
The rise of politics in school is most visible at the ballot box. Some politicians claim to be "education candidates." Their platforms promise money and better school facilities. However, once they count the ballots and fill their campaign coffers...
But it's not just the students who are casualties of this period. Teachers are struggling with their own social-emotional matters. This takes a toll on teachers' energy levels and ability to want to interact with kids. A daily barrage of students'...
eachers deal with so much more than delivering the curriculum. There are discipline issues, extra duties before and after school, lesson planning and grading that follow you home, parent phone calls, meetings... Those are just the physical issues.
