Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! A few days into this school year, I received a text from my husband. It was short, simple, and straight to the point: “It’s amazing the difference a qualified and responsible one-on-one aide makes in the lives of a […]
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Posted inConfessions of a Teacher
I Left Teaching for a New Career. Here’s Why I’m Still Mourning.
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! The hardest thing about no longer being in education is seeing articles like this: Inside Louisiana’s harshest juvenile lockup. They awaken something in me that is hard to face. These days, I work in EdTech at a company with […]
Posted inFrom the Front Lines
West Virginia Teachers Make History and Mandate a State-Wide Strike
Public school teachers in West Virginia have had enough. All 55 counties across the state of West Virginia have chosen to go on strike – together – to bring awareness and change to teacher’s health insurance benefits and salary. “The strike has put 20,000 teachers and 13,000 school service employees on the picket lines,” according […]
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Teachers Need an Authentic Career Path
After teaching for thirteen years, attending countless hours of professional development, and teaching hundreds of kids, I am bored with being in the classroom. I’m not bored with actually teaching children, but I’m more discouraged by the politics that go with what/how/when to teach in the classroom. Ultimately, teachers need a career path that does […]