Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! On January 6, 2021, the students in the class of 2023 were sophomores in high school. They were probably recently back from winter break, sitting in class near the end of the day when rioters smashed the first windows and […]
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What Teachers Have in Common With Steph Curry and the Warriors
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! As a “die-hard” Golden State Warriors fan, over the years, I have learned what it means to be a “real” fan when we were continually “dying hard.” After decades of supporting a team that had not seen success since […]
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Suddenly Teammates After a Decade of Division
The Educator’s Room Reviews WNYC’s “Keeping Score” Podcast Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Keeping Score is a brand new 4-part series from WNYC Studios and The Bell. The series follows the real students of one Brooklyn high school building that houses four separate schools and […]
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Can Sports Heal a Segregated School?
The Educator’s Room Reviews WNYC’s “Keeping Score” Podcast Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Keeping Score is a brand new 4-part series from WNYC Studios and The Bell. The series follows the real students of one Brooklyn high school building that houses four separate schools and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Weird News: Why Are People Asking Quinta Brunson To Do a ‘School Shooting’ Episode?
In an episode straight out of the Twilight Zone, Twitter users have shown how tone-deaf they are to what happens in schools. Abbott Elementary Creator, Quinta Brunson, revealed that users have been asking her to create an episode that’s a little bit too close for comfort- one centered around a school shooting. This is in […]