A Teacher At Work: Challenging the MIseducation of NYC | Rachel Parsons
This month, we are kicking off a new column, featuring Rachel Parsons, a teacher in New York City. With teachers on the front lines in the battle against public education, Rachel discusses the...
View ArticleThe Logic of Teaching Math: Why I Left my Underpaid, Overworked Job in the...
When meeting new people, a question you are often asked is," So what do you do for a living?" Seems like an innocent enough getting-to-know-you kind of question. Before I became a teacher, I worked two...
View ArticleKeepin' it Movin': Portraits from a New York City Transfer School
Tanya I meet Tanya on the first day of school. She walks in and glances nervously around the room. I get up from the circle of chairs that the rest of us are sitting in and introduce myself. She nods...
View ArticleKnapsacks
It has been almost four months since George Zimmerman got away with murder. I started writing this post back then, but was so overcome with emotions that I couldn't articulate much more than what was...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....