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To: Vicksburg Warren School District Superintendent Dr. Tori Holloway, Thank you for finally acknowledging the serious ...
Many studies and reports in recent years have argued that there’s an important “expectations gap” between the skills students are typically bringing to college and what college teachers like me think ...
I am so tired of people bashing teachers, as the writer of the letter “We must privatize public education” (June 16, TribLive) did. It seems from his letter that he got more than an eighth grade ...
So the state plans to build housing to keep educators in Hawaii. Here’s a novel idea: How about we make teachers’ salaries in line with Hawaii’s cost of living and index as such every year?
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
I was appalled by the letter to the editor from Judy Francis of Towson castigating teachers for wanting a pay raise ( ...
School Summer break is here. I visited schools in Rigby. They are using this time to reorganize, to clean, and to repair the school grounds. That’s great! Get ready for the next school year ...
CCSD Middle School teacher Jody Stallings suggests some principals "cook the books" to reduce numbers of failing students. Stallings states principals often hide academic fraud under the mask of ...
As the school year draws to a close, parents across the country are picking up gifts for their children's teachers—often mugs ...
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Planning for a new school year should include considering how to support and engage teachers, too. Otherwise, low teacher morale can create a self-perpetuating cycle, as students of disaffected ...
Luckily, I had a provocative English teacher who taught me to resist my own complacency. Just before his retirement, 30 years later, that professor was fired for being too outspoken.