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The Coddling Crisis: A Report from America's Educational Insane Asylum

The Coddling Crisis: A Report from America's Educational Insane Asylum

We got a letter the other day from a dear reader, a history teacher from somewhere deep in the Ohio suburbs. Let’s call him Mr. Smith. He’s been in the trenches for 20 years, and from the sound of it, the war is not going well. Mr. Smith

The 480-Minute Heist: A Teacher’s Day in the Grip of the Paperwork Hydra

The 480-Minute Heist: A Teacher’s Day in the Grip of the Paperwork Hydra

Folks around Piqua, Ohio, will tell you that Beatrice Evans didn’t get into teaching to get rich, which is a bit like saying a fella doesn’t take up flagpole sitting to enjoy the spacious legroom. She got into it for the same reason a master carpenter picks up

Unfunded Liabilities: Auditing the Emotional Balance Sheet of the American Teacher

Unfunded Liabilities: Auditing the Emotional Balance Sheet of the American Teacher

Eleanor Vance once told me she does her best accounting at the kitchen table on a Sunday night, right after grading a mountain of lab reports. She’s not balancing the books for the school district, mind you. She’s reconciling the $87 she spent at the hardware store for

Finding Joy in the Classroom: One Small Connection at a Time

Finding Joy in the Classroom: One Small Connection at a Time

Hey fellow educators, have you ever had one of those mornings where the alarm feels like it's screaming a little too loud, and the to-do list is staring you down? We all have. But here's what I've learned after years in the classroom and