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I’m Emily, a high school teacher with over 10 years of experience in teaching English and creative writing…
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10 Kindness poems that rhyme (updated weekly)
Hey there, fellow educators and parents! In a world that sometimes feels a bit chaotic, planting the seeds of kindness …
18 Very short stories on kindness with moral (updated weekly with beautiful images)
Hey there, fellow educators and awesome parents, gather ’round! Having taught kids over a decade and witnessing the boundless curiosity …
Sorting Hats and Spotlight Dreams: HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Cast Is Here and They’re Practically First Years Themselves
Pull up a beanbag, class. We’ve got a fresh batch of Hogwarts students, and no, it’s not another round of …
In a Quiet Queens Classroom, One Teacher Just Gave the City a Lesson in What Really Matters
The hens out back don’t know it yet, but their caretaker just won $25,000. On what started as a normal …
Report Cards for Cities: Who’s Raising the Bar for Families in 2024 (and Who’s Just… Passing Notes)?
If cities had behavior charts taped to the wall, a few would be covered in gold stickers by now. Others? …
27 Fun facts about Tennessee (interactive quiz)
The first time I crossed into Tennessee with a van full of students on a spring trip, the radio fuzzed …
When a Student’s Seat Stays Empty: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Tackle a Growing Absence Crisis
If you’ve taught long enough, you know the names that never make it to roll call. They’re not skipping school …
Peer Power: CMU Students Bring Free Tutoring to High Schoolers Online
Long before the first bell rings, teachers know which students will need a little extra. Some stay late, some come …
Empty Desks, Frayed Nerves: Schools Are Hiring, But Who’s Left to Teach?
It’s May, and across America’s school districts, the mood is more than just end-of-year exhaustion, it’s full-on crisis fatigue. The …
New York Tries (Again) to Bring Climate Change into the Classroom: Will the Sixth Time Be the Charm?
If you’re keeping count, that’s six. As in, New York lawmakers have now introduced a sixth attempt to get climate …
California Bets Big on Reading Screeners: But Will It Stick This Time?
If you’ve ever watched a second grader struggle to sound out a simple sentence, fighting back tears, then you already …
27 Fun facts about Chile (with interactive quiz and Chilean Spanish & slang)
I once found myself on a dusty path in the Atacama Desert, watching a lone flamingo strut through a salt …
