In order to change destructive patterns, we need to stop pretending they aren’t there. Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! For what feels like the thousandth time, I am laying in bed at 4:00 p.m. Exhausted from the teacher workday and too drained to be […]
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Red Light! It’s Time to Take Digital Literacy Seriously
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Several months ago, my fifth-grade class asked me to play Red Light, Green Light. Not typically a game my fifth graders request, it came as a surprise. Later that week I watched the first episode of a very grown-up […]
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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 […]
Posted inConfessions of a Teacher
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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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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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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Opinion: Fighting Fascism from Our Classrooms
Last week a school board in Tennessee banned Maus, a Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. In Florida, the Governor wants to ban learning experiences that cause “discomfort” to white participants. Across the country, Education Week reports, roughly 1/3 of students are enrolled in districts where “critical race theory” bans are in effect. Collectively, […]
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That Time I Finally Took a Stress Leave of Absence
I don’t think anyone, including myself, believed I would go through with it. I finally took a two (2) week medical stress leave as a high school teacher. The guilt. I couldn’t shake the guilt. I felt like I was giving up, letting so many people down, letting myself down. Transparently and honestly, I felt […]