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  • Teachers Are Abandoning Political Neutrality in Schools

    Teachers Are Abandoning Political Neutrality in Schools0

    Quinn Northup was a senior at Minnesota’s Edina High School (EHS) last November when the world around her began to go a little crazy. Teachers and students were openly weeping, some uncontrollably. There was hugging. People were offering words of comfort and support to one another.  “It’s going to be okay…” “Don’t worry…” “We will

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  • Teacher: Students Crave Ethics Instruction

    Teacher: Students Crave Ethics Instruction0

    High school English teacher Paul Barnwell made two interesting observations yesterday in The Atlantic. The first was that his students have no moral compass. Barnwell discovered this when discussing various ethical issues with his class. His students were, he found, quite oblivious to internationally and historically accepted values of moral living. But perhaps such a

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  • Teacher: Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.

    Teacher: Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.0

    Armed with a bachelor of science in elementary education, I charged into my career as a teacher. I was immediately exposed to students at three levels of public schools: A rather wealthy district with an average IQ of 120. A classic, middle-class school. A school that is best described as a mini United Nations. In

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  • Teacher: Stop Being Your Child’s Friend

    Teacher: Stop Being Your Child’s Friend0

    I was at a public park this weekend when I noticed a family preparing for a photo shoot. This family caught the attention of everyone else in the park as well, namely because of the screams emanating from one of its younger members. The screams continued for the next quarter of an hour and it

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  • Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning

    Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning0

    Ask any teacher, parent, or politician what’s wrong with today’s education system and they’ll all have a different answer. Some will say it’s the absurd amount of testing. Others will lay the blame at the feet of the teachers. Another group will argue that poor curriculum is the driver. Veteran teacher Martin Robinson may well

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  • Teacher: Schools Should Stop Training Kids to Reason with Their Emotions

    Teacher: Schools Should Stop Training Kids to Reason with Their Emotions0

    Critical thinking has become a buzzword in education in the last few years. And why not? It sounds like a worthy education goal: ensure that every student can leave school knowing how to reason and make connections. But before we jump on the bandwagon of endorsing instruction in thinking skills, we should ask ourselves just

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