Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Dear Superintendents, It’s Back to School season! But you may have noticed that many of your teachers aren’t coming back to school this year. First of all, don’t take it personally. You’re not alone. There’s a national teacher shortage […]
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Ask The Educator’s Room – Picking Battles, Fighting Loneliness
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Welcome to our advice column! Today we’re helping a teacher who’s fed up with a district policy and a substitute teacher who’s feeling lonely. See what our writers have to say, then share your own advice in the comments! You can read a […]
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Educators Need Safe Spaces Too
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! “Thank you for helping me feel seen.” As educators who advocate for equity in education, some of us might expect this statement from a student. So would it surprise you that this was from a teacher? I recently returned […]
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An End of Summer Reminder: Just Breathe
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Does anyone else find themselves looking at the calendar and beginning to freak out that the end of summer break is approaching faster than a deadline for end-of-term grades I haven’t started to calculate? Recently I watched “The 7 […]
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The Five Love Languages for Teachers
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! “I don’t know how you teach! I couldn’t take it!” I had heard this statement so many times I decided to ask the very next person who said that to me a question. “Take what?” My come-back sounded much […]
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Ask The Educator’s Room – Colleague Crushes and Unwanted Attention
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Welcome to our brand new advice column! Today we’re helping a teacher crushing on a colleague and another who received unwanted comments from a parent. See what our writers have to say, then share your own advice in the comments! You can read […]
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Where’s the System of Support for Educators of Color?
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! We often discuss multi-tiered systems of support for students but rarely discuss multi-tiered systems of support for educators. Currently, we have significant teaching vacancies throughout the nation. The need is even greater with regard to teachers of color – […]
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How I Used Pokémon to Battle Student Boredom
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Anime has been a powerhouse in pop culture for decades, especially in youth culture. I recall enjoying it as far back as middle school, circa the mid-2000s, on channels like Toonami. Still, I never expected it to grow to […]