Mississippi veteran educator, literacy coach, and instructional mentor Trish Stoll spotlights the great strides being made in education in the state. The gains have been a topic of national discussion amid stagnant or declining scores nationwide. Trish focuses on the fac that " the whole...
Stacey Travis and Lindsay Davis-Jones, both veteran educators in Tennessee, team up to highlight the specific benefits brought about for students by the state's Early Postsecondary Opportunities program, or EPSO. They state that "The goal of the program is to build on the college and...
Sarah Yost, a National Board-certified resource teacher in Kentucky, provides three easy steps for getting to know students in order to "spark creativity and [tailor] instruction to meet their needs." Using tools like surveys, letters to and from students, and active listening means Sarah understands...
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...