Quick Hit: What Have We Been Teaching?
This is one of the best articles I have read about the recent events at UC Davis. Read it. Now. So, I am forced to ask this question, what have we been teaching, in our schools, in our homes, in… Read more ›
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I’m Not Nice
Yesterday, I held my first rehearsal for the Contest Play, and I started by telling the students on my cast a little bit about myself. In my opinion, the most important detail I shared was that I am not nice.… Read more ›
Teaching Tolerance: Personal Connections Empower Students
Check me out! I’m on Teaching Tolerance today with my article, “Personal Connections Empower Students”: I just started my sixth year teaching high school English. This year began with the same question as always: “How will I empower the young… Read more ›
Many Viewpoints on Single-Sex Classrooms
I’m over at Gender Across Borders today, talking about US and global viewpoints of single-sex classrooms: Picture this: A 120-pound, 5’5″, white, 23-year-old teacher stands in front of a classroom of 30 juniors in high school who are mostly Black… Read more ›
An Elite Education
Apparently, an elite education has its disadvantages. Yet it is precisely that opportunity that an elite education takes away. How can I be a schoolteacher—wouldn’t that be a waste of my expensive education? Wouldn’t I be squandering the opportunities my… Read more ›
Discussing Censorship in the Classroom
We’re reading Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 in my College Prep and Honors classes respectively (all sophomores), and they all read The Hunger Games for their summer reading, and I’m using this infographic to discuss the modern implications of censorship and… Read more ›
I’m going to teach like all that doesn’t matter.
I had a moment yesterday when I looked at my calendar of lesson plans, and only the second half of August is filled out. Because it isn’t even September yet. How is it not even September yet?! I realize it… Read more ›
Guest Post: Teachers are Academic First Responders
Janni is one of my favorite bloggers and tweeters out there. As a teacher, she is passionate and cutting-edge. As a feminist, she is ardent and intuitive. Her support has meant the world to me, and just being able to… Read more ›
Quick Hit: Can the Aftermath of Disaster Be Beautiful?
This letter from a Sendai teacher gives me hope. My freshman year of high school, my English teacher refused to read Lord of the Flies with us because he couldn’t believe that, given the worst possible situation, humans would sink… Read more ›
Never Stop Teaching
An article from WBEZ today states that teachers are feeling ‘beat down’ as the school year starts. As students prepare to begin another school year, their teachers are hopping mad. They’re facing layoffs and deep budget cuts and many say… Read more ›
A Little More Love for Matt Damon
Yesterday, I gushed about Matt Damon. Today, I saw his entire speech at the Save Our Schools rally, and I love him even more. Here’s the text of the speech from the Washington Post for your reading pleasure: I flew… Read more ›
When Famous People Defend Teachers, It Makes My Heart Happy
Thank you, Matt Damon. I always knew I liked you. I would like to see some context to this video, though. From the clip we get, it seems like both the reporter and the cameraman are staunchly conservative people who… Read more ›
Back to School, Back to Feminism
Today, I’m over at Gender Across Borders talking about going back to school and back to teaching feminism. It is officially August. Which means it is officially time to start thinking about going back to school. As a teacher, it… Read more ›
I’d love to get some guest posts from you!
It’s that time of the summer again, when I get tired of listening to myself talk. This doesn’t happen often, so take advantage of it now! 🙂 I’m looking for some guest posts from you, lovely readers. It’s tough to… Read more ›
Net Worth vs. Self Worth: They’re Not as Equal as You Might Think
Just the other day, I was talking to one of my teacher friends who works at a different school than I do. He was telling me about the recent cuts his school district has suffered – even though the economy… Read more ›
Myths About Dog Ownership and How That Relates to Teaching
Last night was Penny’s first obedience class. We signed her (and us) up for obedience classes at the local Petsmart even though she’s already a really, REALLY good dog. I used to think obedience classes were only for dogs who… Read more ›
Link Love: Education
Since I’m out of town for the weekend and won’t have time to write brilliant articles, I’m posting three Link Love editions – Feminism, Education, and Marriage. These are composed of links to articles and websites that I’ve perused, wanted… Read more ›
Link Love: New Blogs
Today is a busy day! I’ve been searching for some freelance writing jobs to keep me occupied for the rest of the summer and put some extra cash in our vacation fund, and it seems like a few of them… Read more ›
Summer Shift
I put out a call on Twitter today for a topic to write about. My buddy, @EKSwitaj, suggested I write about “dealing with the shift from the highly structured school year to the more flexible days of summer,” which I… Read more ›
The Rut: A Reflection on my Academic Year
“Will you miss us?” At the end of every year, this is the question on the tip of all the students’ tongues. They want to know if you’ll miss them, if you’ll think about them over the summer, if you’ll… Read more ›