Every fall, a new school year puts parents and teachers in the same rooms, and it turns out the fastest way to misjudge someone is to watch them do something kind without knowing the reason. What ...

A kid hiding something at school is almost never hiding what the adults assume. Again and again, a teacher reads the surface and fills in a quick story about a family that “gave up.” Then they look ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What was the best moment you ever had in the classroom? In Part One, Jen Schwanke, Amy Sandvold, Anne Jenks, and Sarah Thomas shared their top moments. You can ...

I’m met with a series of incredulous looks every time I tell someone, “I teach wilderness and outdoor education… on Zoom.” It can be done, dear readers, but it’s hard to pull off. Just yesterday I ...

I still remember the first time I realised my teachers were human. I was in fifth grade—prime prank-calling age—and my friends and I had found our teacher Mrs. A’s number in the phone book. Mrs. A was ...

It’s often said that teaching and learning doesn’t always take place in the classroom—some of the most important lessons are learned on the playground, in the street, on the job or somewhere else. The ...