To start, receiving the food, nice cards and candy for Teacher Appreciation Week is great. It’s the nice thing to do for teachers who are shaping the minds of our future. But let me be frank and to the point for those who are reading. Returning to the classroom this year has shown me the real challenges teachers face daily.…
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A Note to Parents
Dear Parents, You are your child’s first teacher. Their success in school begins at home. Tell them daily they are special and that they are somebody. Let them know that reading, writing and speaking are important. As teachers, we see the urgency in this. Many people don’t see the hundreds of kids who never get a hug, hear a kind…
Educators, We Have To Prioritize Teaching Students How To Resist and Organize
Students are going to remember what we said and what we did in our classrooms at this moment in history. They’ll remember if their teacher opted out of conversations about the unfair treatment of marginalized people, and if he or she ignored the hateful rhetoric seething through the gums of our new president. Students will say, “No we didn’t talk…