Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Is it just me, or does the support offered from school administrators seem to be anything but actual support? We get the “hang in there” cat memes in our emails. We get the principal’s winking bitmoji giving us a […]
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Critical Race Theory Haters Find a New Target: Social Emotional Learning
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! In growing numbers, parents and political groups have a lot to say about education. Certain acronyms are drawing especially intense criticism. CRT, SEL, and DEI have inspired ravenous debate. The absurd assertion that educators are teaching white children to […]
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I’m a Black Woman in Education. I Know Exactly How Ketanji Brown Jackson is Feeling.
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! I remember having my qualifications questioned, dissected and scrutinized. I remember having to pause, take a mental step back and gather my thoughts before responding to an attempt to get me to fulfill the stereotype of an “Angry Black […]
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Teachers Are Burnt Out, But Students Are Too
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism!It’s no surprise that teachers are burnt out. The only word that comes to mind is, “Duh.” Recently, I have been thinking about teaching, pandemic notwithstanding, and how it got this way. How has this profession normalized working well after […]
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The Dangerous Suppression of “Don’t Say Gay”
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! There is a lot of news lately about Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. But it isn’t the only one. In Indiana, there is a bill that would ban any discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms. Another […]
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I’m an Ohio Educator Against HB 327
Ohio House Bill 327 Would Outlaw “Divisive” Concepts in Schools, Shred the Community Fabric Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! When my son was in the first grade, he came home from school and said, “I hate myself.” When I asked why, he said it […]
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How to Use TikTok in the Science Classroom
“Ooh, Ms. Lane, I saw this TikTok Video that…” One of my students excitedly said to me after class one day. My first thought was to listen but not take the topic seriously. I mean, after all, it was TikTok – a social media platform very effective at making students social, but not in an […]
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How Education in America Is Like the Wrong Pair of Running Shoes
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! I didn’t want to become a runner. Sure, I participated in track for two years in high school. But saying that I ran track would be more than a little generous. It was more like I showed up for […]