Category: Teachers
TEACHER VOICE: We don’t have a math problem in Arkansas or in the United States. We have a culture problem
For 23 years, I’ve taught high school math. And for 23 years, I’ve been told by people that they either […]
March 2, 2026
With reading scores slipping, Massachusetts is changing course. Some teachers aren’t happy
WAKEFIELD, Mass. — One winter morning at the Woodville School in this town about 15 miles north of Boston, teacher […]
February 24, 2026
I Asked Students Whether They’d Want to be Teachers? They Responded, ‘Why Would I?’ – The 74
I spoke in January 2026 with 150 high school students about career options. After explaining my own career as a […]
February 22, 2026
Alabama made a big investment in elementary math, but underresourced schools still have a long way to go
GREENVILLE, Ala. — Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard […]
February 20, 2026
What’s behind explosive student behavior?
Last summer, I was visiting a Head Start center in rural Ohio when a teacher offhandedly mentioned to me that […]
February 18, 2026
Biting, kicking, wandering the classroom: Teachers say there’s a rise in misbehavior even among the littlest kids
SAN MATEO, Calif. — School had been in session at Lead Elementary for less than an hour, but already Andrea […]
February 17, 2026
OPINION: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance should last well beyond halftime and extend to classrooms
During Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, my family, a mix of Filipinos and Cubans, was a hot and beautiful mess. […]
February 10, 2026
Easy A’s, lower pay: Grade inflation’s hidden damage
For more than three decades, grades in American schools and colleges have been going up, up, up. A’s are more […]
February 9, 2026
OPINION: The pipeline for women education leaders is broken. They need real systems of support and sponsorship
In matters both big and small, women in education leadership are treated, spoken to and viewed differently than their male […]
February 3, 2026