As we head into warmer afternoons and the end-of-year traditions, it’s natural to reflect on the year that’s been. This year felt far from normal as we navigated the rollercoaster of schooling during the pandemic. But some things did return to normal, including mandated active shooter drills. Forty states require public schools to conduct these […]
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The Toxic Positivity Propaganda Machine
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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Forget College Readiness, We Need Citizenship Readiness
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! When I started teaching high school English twenty years ago, my main focus was on preparing my students for college. It took me years of teaching, parenthood, a graduate degree, and personal distress about our national politics to finally […]
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A Teacher’s Plan for Elon Musk’s $44 Billion
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! I wish I didn’t know the name Elon Musk. But when someone buys so much cultural influence, it’s tough to avoid hearing about how he shoots himself into space. His latest endeavor, buying Twitter for $44 billion, made me […]
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How Green Energy Can Transform Schools
It’s Time to Bring Education Infrastructure into the 21st Century Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! We were living in Houston in February 2021 when a string of disastrous winter weather hit. We watched as the entire state slowly shut down over the course of a […]
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Children Don’t Avoid “Divisive” Topics, And Neither Can We
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! As a primary teacher, I had interesting and sometimes challenging conversations on a regular basis. Young children do not limit their comments and questions to what’s “age-appropriate” or what is or isn’t “divisive.” They are trying to figure out […]
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Justice Jackson and Romeo & Juliet (and Taylor Swift too!)
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! We can celebrate the historic confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and educate our students about many subjects at the same time! My favorite arguments from the newest U.S. Supreme Court Justice are not from any of the important cases she […]
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Abbott Elementary Tackles Tik Tok Challenges
I know we’ve been gone a while, but we’re back with our recap of Abbott Elementary. and how perfect was it that this week started with the phenomena that have been terrorizing schools all year long- student behavior by way of Tik Tok Challenges. Remember when students were ripping objects from the bathroom? Tik Tok […]