Accomplished teacher leaders tell stories of how policy decisions impact learning and teaching in their classrooms in order to spark constructive dialogue across the education community.
Lately I have been considering the term “learning platform.” If you are a teacher, you have likely been expected to utilize multiple learning platforms over the past decade. If you have been avoiding digital learning platforms, then you certainly have
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What do you do when you feel dried up, vacant, and bare? What do you do when you feel you’re in an endless winter? How do you cope with knowing you’re not doing your best? I’ve read an absolutely beautiful, nurturing
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This legislative session has started out like so many others in Arizona. There are more bills moving through to once again expand vouchers (SB1452) and expand tax credits for private schools (SB1041). This is in addition to the tax cuts
Read MoreRight now, to take a step back from life around me, I have been enjoying the Great British Baking Show. First, let me say I love this show. I think the creativity and work that people put into making something
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“Teachers are working so hard teaching virtually, but the students’ test scores showed that they did not make the growth we were expecting,” my principal said. “Why do you think that might be?” She asked me. At this point, I
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“Your overtime is not a badge of honor but a systemic problem that leads to burnout. I wish we could blame it on the craziness of pandemic teaching, but we cannot. It is a deeply ingrained narrative, and it is
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Little grey boxes with students’ names fill my screen four and a half hours a day. Maybe a few brave souls flip on their cameras for four and a half seconds a day if I am lucky. These little grey
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During recess duty the other day, I started to climb the monkey bars. I felt particularly excited and energetic that day, so I started to do some pull-ups as well. Within a minute, nearly every 2nd grader was trying both.
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I try to remember to look at the small pupil of the laptop camera instead of the grid of faceless names before me as I smile, wave and say hello. I am collaborating with a colleague to teach Hamlet to
Read MoreI have had the same personal email account since 2006. During that time I attended two universities — each with their own email — and lived without internet for 27 months in a yurt in Mongolia. These events, coupled with
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