Teacher Leaders
Teaching Profession
Opinion
The Power of Words: On "Classics" and "Canon"
This work must be led by those who have been historically oppressed, and if I want to support them, that means I must work to explore their writing and show my students just how powerful those voices are.
Professional Development
Opinion
Why Teachers Pay Teachers, Teachers of Instagram, and Teach Your Heart Out Are Not the Signs of the Apocalypse You Think They Are
This splashy new normal in education is creating change--most of it wonderful, some of it troubling. But this wonderful and brave new world for teachers with diverse places to look for content, mentors, materials, and inspiration has made what's arguably one of the toughest jobs in America just a tiny bit easier. And that's something wonderful.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Snowshoes and Songbirds
As the cold winter months give way to spring, are you finding comfort in the familiar or forging ahead on a new path. 2014 Montana State Teacher of the Year Anna Baldwin discovers an unexpected metaphor in the juxtaposition of snowshoes and songbirds.
Teaching Profession
'It's Our Time': Maryland Teachers March for School Funding
Thousands of teachers marched in Annapolis on Monday evening, pushing for higher pay and more resources for their students.
Teaching Profession
Across the Nation, More Teachers Are Protesting With a Broader Set of Demands
Even when schools remain open, teachers across the country are speaking out for an investment in public education and protesting school-choice measures.
Teaching Profession
National Teacher of the Year: 'We Shouldn't Just Stay in Our Classrooms'
In this video, Mandy Manning, the 2018 National Teacher of the Year, talks about how feeling like an outsider informs her teaching, and why she's fighting for immigrant youth.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Social-Emotional Learning Won't Happen Without a Culturally Relevant Start
Educators engaging in emotion-talk with students can encounter obvious barriers when not taking the individual's cultural background into account.
Teaching Profession
What the Nation's Best Teachers Are Saying About U.S. Child Detention Policies
At an event in El Paso, Texas, hundreds of teachers, including many who've received their state's highest recognition, gathered to protest the Trump administration's policy of detaining migrant children and separating them from their parents. See what some teachers had to say.
Teaching Profession
Hundreds of Educators Hold 'Teach-In' to Protest Detention of Immigrant Children
National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning organized the event to protest the United States' treatment of immigrant children.
Teaching Profession
'We Are the Voice for Our Profession': Milken Awardees on How Teachers Can Lead
Advocate for education, participate in community organizations, and support other teachers: The 2018-19 Milken Educators share their thoughts on what leadership roles educators should play outside of the classroom.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Riding the Wave of Change
Will we duck away from the changes coming, or move forward, powered by those changes, toward something greater than ourselves?
Teaching Profession
Opinion
The Problem With False Positivity
Students won't be empowered and emboldened by a falsely happy face insisting everything is fine. We can give them the courage to advocate, dream, and demand what they deserve.
Teaching Profession
Nation's Top Teachers Will Hold 'Teach In' at Child Detention Camp
The 2018 National Teacher of the Year is helping to organize a 24-hour "teach in" outside a detention camp for migrant children.
Teaching Profession
Do Teachers Have Sway in School Decisions? Depends Who You Ask
Almost all school leaders think that teachers are involved in making important school decisions, but just over half of teachers would agree.