Restoring Hope To Your Teaching Job
I’ve noticed something lately. I have gotten a handful of comments and emails from people who seem to be teaching in what appears outwardly as […]
Inspiration
How to Empower Your Students
(Guest post by author/educator Kelly Curtis) Sometimes when I speak to fellow educators about youth empowerment, the idea of following student leadership on a project […]
10 Reasons to Love Rural Schools
This is a guest post by Waski The Squirrel. Joel’s invitation to be a guest-writer here was a prime opportunity to advertise the joys of […]
On The Brink Of Quitting
Lisa writes: I googled “bitter about teaching” and came up with your blog. I was recently let go from a school I busted my a$$ […]
The Top 10 Rejected Meanings of TAKS
This is a guest post by Mister Teacher of Learn Me Good. Mister Teacher teaches third grade near Dallas, TX. Greetings, faithful readers of So […]
10 Tips To Stay Motivated And Love Teaching
This is a guest post by Jane Little of My Many Colored Crayons. Jane teaches third grade in Los Angeles, CA. I teach in a […]
Overcoming Adversity
As teachers, how often do we stop to think about how much of an impact we could potentially make in the life of one of […]
Transforming A Tense Relationship Where There Is Low Respect
Recently, a reader wrote to me saying: I am currently midway through student teaching and am struggling with classroom management (surprise!). I am not really […]
15 Tips To Stay Positive
I recently read an article entitled Is Positive Possible? by Samantha on TeacherLingo.com. In the article, she writes in part: Why are we so depressed? […]
The Source Of Motivation
We’ve all seen them. People who are able to motivate large numbers of people to do things as a team. Great coaches, teachers, politicians, and […]
Is Education Really That Important? (Part 2)
After my first post this morning, I realized that I actually met a few high school dropouts yesterday. One was mentioned in the previous post. […]
Is Education Really That Important? (Part 1)
I met a high school dropout yesterday. We talked for something like an hour and a half or two hours. It was very revealing and […]
Be The Best Teacher In The World
Dave Ramsey recently wrote an article entitled High-Performance Achievement and it’s about his training to run of a marathon. In this article, we’re going to look […]
Do You Run The Risk of Becoming Successful?
The time from spring break to the end of the school year often seems like a battle between students and teachers to see who is […]