Appropriate on Not: Teacher live streams students taking down his hair.
In a now-viral 4-minute clip, a male middle school teacher, Mr.Marquise White (TikTok: JaQ Lee), showed a clip on TikTok where four female students were taking down his braids. The…
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In recent years, there has been a remarkable push for diversity and inclusivity in the media. As a special educator specializing in autism, I have often felt saddened by the…
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Why Teacher Prep Programs MUST tap into the MAGIC that is Abbott Elementary
Abbott Elementary is the gift that keeps on giving to teacher prep programs because it highlights and emphasizes the intangibles that far transcend coursework around content,…
10 Books for celebrating Pi Day with Students
Every year on March 14, schools celebrate Pi Day (Greek letter “π”), the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant—the ratio of the circumference of a circle…
My relationship with AI…It’s complicated!
It has been over 2 years since ChatGPT launched, arguably bringing artificial intelligence (AI) into the mainstream. AI has rapidly evolved into a large collection of tools that…
Teaching and Basketball: Five key takeaways from the Women’s SEC Basketball Tournament that teachers must understand to cultivate successful students
If you watched the Women’s SEC Basketball Tournament this past weekend, you saw some of the league’s best female players engage in amazingly electrifying basketball in pursuit of…
Understanding Ramadan: A Classroom Teacher’s Guide
This year in mid-March, approximately 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide will be observing the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar, which…
Home Visits: Building a classroom family in Room 18
Last summer, I attended an educators’ conference focused on building a positive climate and culture in schools. The conference offered a variety of break-out sessions addressing topics such…