Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! I remember the first time I became dependent on e-learning for instructional purposes. It was the winter of 2014. The snow started falling right before we were supposed to return from our Winter Break. Nearly every school in our region called […]
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Toss the Curriculum and Make Room for Ukraine: Why Teaching the Russian Invasion Matters
Theresa Pogach Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Right now, a tab is still open on my browser to a CNN photo gallery. It’s of a 6-year-old girl brutally killed in Ukraine. I didn’t mean to look, I didn’t mean to ignore the “graphic content” warning, or […]
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Paid Time Off Is a Thing of the Past for Teachers
By: Dana Brown Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! “I’ve decided that I will return to work on Friday. I am out of sick leave and COVID days. I am still positive for COVID, and the CDC suggests quarantining for five days if symptoms resolve, or ten […]
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Teachers Who Teach in Schools in Lower-Income Communities Don’t Get the Respect They Deserve
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! In my time as a teacher, I experienced what many who have worked in lower-income schools experienced. When I student taught in the high-SES school I had graduated from, and then later a neighboring district that was fairly affluent, […]
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Schools Can Ease Mask Requirements Depending on Community Spread
Have you signed up for the educator’s room daily newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Under new guidelines released Friday, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans who reside in places with low community spread can safely with wearing masks. These new sets of measures are outlined the new measures with more of a […]
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The Dismantling of Public Education Part 3: Privatization
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Regardless of your opinions on school choice and voucher programs, the conversation around dismantling public education cannot ignore their role. Partly a product of a charter school myself (and later a public school teacher), I take the privatization of […]
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Why Are Teachers Leaving? Here’s What They Told Us
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Starting in 2020, as the COVID pandemic upended education, teachers began to leave the classroom, citing burnout, low pay, and student behavior. However, how much are teachers allowed to be allowed to give unabashed reasons on how they leave. […]
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A Picture Says a Thousand Words
I’ll never forget the swelling pit in my stomach, the heat radiating from my face, and the tears forming in my eyes as I sat uncomfortably in a chair across from my administrator. I was called into her office to discuss a student and family concern: my sexuality.