This is my fourteenth year in education overall, sixth year serving as a school board member, and second year teaching 5th grade. My school is a Title I school, and although the opportunity gap is large, our students and their families still have high expectations...
We all know that change can be scary. Choosing to teach science this coming school year, a content area I haven’t taught in many years, is downright terrifying! Science is not new content to me – I’ve taught it for 14 of the past 20...
How long will it take to pay off my credit card? How much medicine do I give my sick child? How do I choose an internet plan that handles all my streaming? As simplistic (and maybe random) as these questions seem, the common factor is that...
Bangor Daily News Three Maine Teachers of the Year encourage their fellow Mainers to vote in favor of passing Question 2, which will increase funding for public schools with a 3 percent tax on annual income over $200,000. Classroom teachers are "the most influential school-related factor in...