I'm upset and worried about the Janus decision. And I don't even currently belong to a union. I've taught in the New York City Department of Education, one non-unionized NYC public charter school, and one unionized conversion charter that stayed in…
Uproar over high-profile cases of sexual harassment and assault has some states and school districts rethinking their sex education curricula to include maintaining healthy relationships and ensuring consent. And while those who teach sex ed. in…
Millions of teachers in the U.S. are 'getting crushed' by low wages, cuts to school funding, and other education policies, said Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a speech at the American Federation of Teachers' biannual convention. With about a dozen people…
During the summer I will be sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past seven years. You can see all those collections from the first six years here. Here are the ones I've posted so far: Today's theme is on…
This is what you want to see in a science classroom: Less memorizing. Fewer ready-made science experiments. Students designing their own hands-on investigations in pursuit of scientific questions. Educators most likely to teach this way hold…
