TEACHERS' VOICE blog

Enough is enough.

The overall wellbeing of a child can make or break their academic success. While there are many...

I began my teaching career in January, after a December graduation.

Teachers laugh together and smile. Children wave at new faces. When someone new walks into our...

Have you ever watched comedies like Meet the Fockers or Medea's Family Reunion, when two...

At 6:00 AM on a drizzling Seattle morning, I found myself in a warehouse with barbells,...

How do we improve? We ask questions. We read. We do what we can to learn more, and make changes...

Teaching is an intellectual, cognitively challenging job. It's an emotional one, too. The myriad...

I'm good at projects, at taking on the next new challenge. I'm energized when I start something...

Here's a confession: Sometimes when I'm at a lovely restaurant, having a lovely meal, with...

When I begin professional development work with teachers, I often ask what inspires or enables...

"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice...

Editor's Note: Read more end-of-year ideas from one of our favorite bloggers, Carrie Kamm.

Editor's Note: Updated January 12, 2018

As a principal and a teacher, I have encountered many youth that share my same childhood...

There are many things I miss about being a classroom teacher — reading my favorite picture...

I believe video is an essential and powerful teaching tool. But, it will only work if teachers...

I just escaped a nasty Iowa snowstorm for the warm rays of Scottsdale, Arizona where I am...