By Krystal Sieben You’re the Kind of Teacher Who Brings Out the Best in My Child
Dear Mrs. Izzy, I was a teacher, and I know how challenging busy little boys can be. The energy, the…
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By Dana Brady The Emotional Cost of Teaching Can Be Too Much
"Do you ever regret leaving education?" I send this text to multiple former colleagues. I feel a pain in my…
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Dear Teachers, Thank You for All the Extra Things You Do at Christmastime
Dear teachers, I know this time of year is especially crazy for you. The weeks leading up to winter break…
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A Prayer for School Leaders
As I sit looking at my last days of summer vacation, I've been thinking about the school administrators and leaders…
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That Older than Average Student is Braver than You Know
My freshman year of college I was 18 and felt like I had my whole future planned out and set…
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By Lindsey Cox I Left a Piece of My Heart in Room 208
I walked down the hall, past the rows of bright orange lockers. Past the U.S. history classroom and the eighth-grade…
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Want to Know Why Teachers Are Leaving Education? It’s Because We’re Exhausted
When do we know when it’s time to close a chapter? This question has been circling in my head for…
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By Tynea Lewis School Doesn’t Come Easily For All Kids—But They Can Still Do Big Things
“Mama, I wish I was in eighth grade,” my sweet first-grader said to me as she sat at the kitchen…
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Dear Teachers, You Are the Best
This week I have been lucky enough to have the chance (which is rare these days) to chat with two…
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Please Keep Praying For Our Teachers
It’s 11:30 on a Thursday morning, lunchtime in an elementary school. A third-grade teacher circles her classroom, helping her students…
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By BA Eubank Dear Teacher, I See You Struggling But Never Giving Up
Dear teacher, I see you learning new technology. Spending hours watching training videos, practicing the platform. Frustrated when it doesn't…
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By Natasha Carlow This Isn’t the Start To School You Deserved, But We’ll Make the Most of it
I remember dropping you off at daycare the first time. You were just three months old. I sat in the…
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