Teach For America’s New Head Hopes to Inspire Young People to Take Up Teaching
Aneesh Sohoni, CEO of the Chicago-based nonprofit One Million Degrees, has been tapped to lead Teach For America, the national nonprofit that […]
I Left the Classroom to Be a Horror Writer. Teaching Was Good Preparation (Opinion)
When I left high school classroom teaching, I thought I was closing the door on that chapter of my life. Then the […]
Does Teaching ‘Sight Words’ Contradict the Science of Reading?
As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade […]
Inside a Class Teaching Teens to Stop Scrolling and Think Critically
On a chilly November morning here, Brie Wattier’s 8th graders at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School had their eyes trained on the […]
Teaching Is Hard. Why Teachers Love It Anyway
There is no shortage of stories about how teachers have a difficult job. They work long hours for not a lot of […]
