First Person

Personal essays by teachers.

A Washington attorney says acknowledging teachers' contributions to personal success should be an online social norm. May 16, 2012 – Teacher
Music teacher Kevin Mixon offers tips on adopting a classroom-management style that reinforces learning goals and expectations instead of simply punishing bad behavior. May 2, 2012 – Teacher
A French teacher says foreign-language and other electives teachers are uniquely placed to give students enrichment opportunities that help expand literacy skills. April 25, 2012 – Teacher
A writing teacher says research on the limits of collaborative brainstorming confirms his instinctual distrust of small-group work in the classroom. April 11, 2012 – Teacher
Considering all the time teachers set aside for discussion, it makes sense to find ways to formally measure students' oral contributions, says teacher Kyle Redford. April 3, 2012 – Teacher
A high school teacher charges that her school's newly implemented teacher-evaluation system is based on a "series of artificial gestures" and jeopardizes professional morale. March 28, 2012 – Teacher
Science teacher Louise O. Young says that students' voices can help make a classroom environment more inclusive and productive. February 29, 2012 – Teacher
Research has shown that novelty—trying something new or exploring a different path—boosts learning, writes a principal. Sometimes all it takes is rearranging the desks. December 20, 2011 – Teacher
Many educators fail to recognize the value of actively soliciting parents' input on their children's learning needs, says teacher Kevin Mixon. December 7, 2011 – Teacher
A principal and former teacher reverses his stance on full-day kindergarten programs after seeing his daughter thrive in one. October 31, 2011 – Teacher
During an embarrassing incident involving his car and a tow truck, a teacher relates to how uncomfortable school can be for students with learning difficulties. October 10, 2011 – Teacher
If they really want to improve teacher quality, states should be trying to strengthen tenure systems instead of limiting them, writes award-winning physics teacher Boris Korsunsky. October 5, 2011 – Teacher
Everyone supports teaching students to "think critically," but very few educators have a clear idea of exactly what skills students need to do so, says a principal who teaches literature classes. September 27, 2011 – Teacher
A reading teacher takes a lesson from a surgeon on how to ensure instructional fidelity, and as a result sees a jump in his students' decoding skills. September 21, 2011 – Teacher
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