- White Privilege and the Power of Revision in Education - June 4, 2020
- Getting Reading Right: The Education Week Online Summit - February 4, 2020
- Putting the S in PBIS - February 11, 2019
- How Teaching is like Shopping at Aldi - October 4, 2018
- Teaching Your Way through Controversy: Responding to Kaepernick's Stance - September 5, 2018
- The State of the Teacher Union - April 15, 2018
- Dear Madame Secretary DeVos: We Will Not Be Ignored - April 14, 2018
- The Ins and Outs of Walking Out: Understanding Strike Law - April 11, 2018
- Dear TER Readers and Educators: Let's Change the World - January 21, 2018
- Blueprint for Reform: Building the Foundation - December 3, 2017
I am a teacher.
I give thanks for dry erase markers that work and pre-sharpened pencils,
for chocolate and caffeine.
I meet canceled meetings, bathroom breaks and snow days with gratitude
and I am thankful
for forgotten fidget spinners and silly bands that’ve come and gone,
thankful
for completed paperwork, planned fire drills, and a full night’s sleep.
And as a holiday break arrives,
just in time,
I give thanks
I am a teacher.
I give thanks for challenge and unspoken trust,
for a-ha moments and tears.
I meet the chance to grow, the chance to learn and the chance to love
with gratitude.
And I am thankful
for calm and compromise,
thankful for
the knowledge that I am making a difference,
one human at a time.
So creatively you, Aimee! Thank you for your dedication to education.