Teachers

Why is it so frowned upon when you hold IEP students accountable? My campus seems to love to enable lazy IEP kids. There’s always an excuse as to why they can’t or don’t need to do things. So of cours...

I went to college for my education and spent tens of thousands of dollars to become a teacher. And this last weekend I took a really hard science of reading test so that I could continue teaching. But...

At our K-8 school during graduation the 8th graders are asked to thank an adult and write a letter. The strictest teacher who handed out failing grades went home with roses from kids who were cursin...

With all of this anti bullying focus, why is it that the admins love being the biggest bullies kids have to deal with? For example, for whatever reason, the admin decided they didn't want the students...

I'm showing a movie this week. I gave the class a "trailer" last week and they seemed into it. I hit play today and about 1/3 of them checked out. I'm at a total loss. When did kids stop liking movie...

My principal is trying to assign me with extra tasks on the last week of school. I'm honestly super busy with closing everything out for the year but I have a hard time saying no. What's a good way to...

Looking for a fun way to teach ABCs? This Arctic animals alphabet activity transforms early learning into an interactive snowy adventure designed for preschool and kindergarten kids. Click to ex...

I don't know about all of you but it seems to me that most kids just want to become professional athletes now or even just college athletes. It is hard teaching them some subjects as they don't see th...

4 more days to retirement! Anyone else retiring this year? I did not plan to retire but when you look at the numbers, there’s no reason not to retire if you meet the formula. I had been going to retir...

Can someone tell me why I thought it was a good idea to teach summer school? I'm back in the classroom tomorrow, and I'm hating my life right now.

Nearly every time a student complains that my class is the only class they're failing, I check and see something like “77 absences”. (Often I also see several other classes they're also failing, but k...

For any teachers that have worked in the private/charter school systems and the public school systems(I have worked both), would you consider the private/charter schools to be easier behaviorally, alo...

We’re passing kids who don’t come to school and can’t read. This is 140 students that are in 8th grade. 5% I’ve never met. 10% I’ve met met a few times, they come to school, do some drugs, sell some ...

For the third time this school year, a parent is choosing to take their child out of school during an awards ceremony since their child did not earn an award. Parents, get a grip. Your child is going ...

I am experiencing massive burnout, probably the worst yet. This has more to do with the way I have to betray myself to do my job in a twisted, broken system more than needing an extra magnesium bubble...

I saw a district introduce a program where they help students in teacher preparation programs get teaching jobs. I love that but I hope they realize the problem isn’t qualified teachers but retaining ...

I normally try to steer clear of politics and I try not to judge students or their parents based on political conversations I might overhear, but today was different. On their way out to recess, I hea...

How do you stay on top of good habits during the summer? I already find myself staying up way too late since I know I don't have to get up early the next day.

Now that I'm home for the summer, I've been confronted with the exciting yet overwhelming prospect of completing a massive to-do list of home improvement projects. Now that I finally have some spare t...

I had a moment where I looked around my room during independent work time and realized it was completely silent. Every single kid was locked into their screens, completely zoned out, and it felt a bit...