Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! In March of 2020, when the pandemic hit, I had already been contemplating retiring. I had been teaching English at a Northern California high school for 31 years, and it seemed like the end of the 2020 school year […]
Patrick Mooney
Patrick Mooney is a recently retired 34-year secondary English teaching veteran in Northern California who currently serves on his local school board. Patrick has written for a variety of publications on the topics of
education, writing instruction, mentoring new teachers, raising children, and ski racing. He is also the dad of three fine boys.