Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Dear Fellow Teachers, Ah, summertime. Warmer weather, longer days, and for students and teachers alike, the end of a school year. For many of us, we look forward to resting, relaxing, and taking care of those home improvement chores […]
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Ohio House Bill 99 is Dangerous for Students and Teachers
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! With lawmakers questioning the ability of teachers to assign appropriate books, it is baffling that some states are moving to trust school staff with firearms. One week after the school shooting in Uvalde, the Ohio House passed HB 99, a bill […]
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Wear Orange to Honor Uvalde and Too Many Others
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Why Wear Orange on June 3-5 This year, on June 3-5, I will wear orange to honor Hadiya Pendelton, a young shooting victim in Chicago, and join the movement her friends started. I first learned Hadiya’s name when I […]
Posted inMental Health
A Safe Space, A Safe Place
Finding New Ways to Build Student Relationships Built on Trust Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! It all began when I started to meet students one-on-one in breakout rooms during the pandemic. I wanted to “become more in touch with the mental health of some […]
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Could Mindfulness Help Heal Our Schools?
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Educators across the country have found themselves in a turbulent climate. Amid a pandemic, teachers are trying to help students relearn how to regulate their emotions. They’re trying to help them interact productively within society while facing sub shortages, […]
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Yes, I’m Exhausted But Here Are 5 Reasons To Love Teaching
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! The national teacher shortage is worsening with each passing day. The life-long, 30+ year teaching profession is a phenomenon that is nearly extinct. Teachers have more work and higher expectations now than ever before. Students study a more rigorous […]
Posted inInstruction & Curriculum
We Crowdsourced What Teachers Said Can Stop Gun Violence in Schools
Gun Violence: In the last 48 hours since the mass murder at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and there are pundits yelling to arm teachers, lock all doors, and even have armed security guards at every corner of a school. But has anyone asked the people who work in schools all day (i.e., teachers) […]
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You Showed Up: Reflections On Another School Shooting
Reflections On Yet Another School Shooting Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Like so many others, I found myself sitting in my car in the school parking lot a few minutes longer than usual Wednesday morning. I didn’t know how to describe what I felt […]