Regardless of zip code. This simple yet powerful phrase has catalyzed education reform advocates and policy debates for decades as constituents from across the United States have rallied to ensure that all children are experiencing rigorous, high-quality educational opportunities. Title IIA of the Every Student...
"Teachers are essential...
Careers are a funny thing. My grandfather once told me that if you find the thing you love to do and you do that for a living, you will never work a day in your life. He was right. However, doing what you love to...
One of my most profound written assignments happened when I was in elementary school. I remember it because it happened right after an exciting career day presentation, during which we got to meet a firefighter, policeman, doctor, and even a dentist. It was fun to...
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, once said that in order for the company to be successful, customers were going to have to have an “experience” with the product. It was going to have to be about more than just a cup of coffee. Their restaurants...
When I first started teaching in 2009, I was surprised by something that was missing from my classroom: We did not have any textbooks for the courses that I was supposed to teach. For the next 4 years, I worked hard handcrafting all of the...
I teach 8th grade and I am 24. When I started in the classroom two years ago, I was not even a decade older than my students. Responses to new, young teachers can be mildly amusing, like when field trip docents ask where the teacher...
I am cold. Someone is speaking in the front of the room. The PowerPoint presentation lights up the dimmed room like a nightlight in a darkened hallway. I wonder why hotel ballrooms are always so arctically cold. Focus, I tell myself. You will need this information...
“Come on, Chef Poole, you know I can’t afford to go to college.” Those are not the words a high school culinary instructor wants to hear from one of his most promising senior culinary students, but unfortunately this is my reality. Every year without fail, many...
Unions are professional organizations. They provide services for teachers that cover an incredible gamut of purposes. Yet, despite all the positive work teachers' unions do for students, and education in general, some groups continue to criticize these organizations without really understanding their purpose and their...