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Aker: A plane passenger asked a teacher a kind of rude question about her job. She responded eloquently!
It’s annoying when people mistakenly think your job is really simple. Most people’s lines of work are more intricate and multilayered than those who don’t do that work would guess. So most of us can think of a time someone reductively assumed that our jobs are very simple (whether it’s writer, janitor, stay-at-home parent, or […]
Read More...Jones: Why I became a middle school teacher after 20 years in the military
Editor???s note: Veterans Day honors those who have served in the United States military. Many veterans take up teaching when they return to civilian life. Darrell Jones served in the U.S. Air Force for more than 20 years. He worked as an aircraft mechanic and retired as a technical sergeant E-6 before training to be […]
Read More...MS ED BLOG “Clips from the Classroom” Call for Submissions #1
Teachers! Kids say the darndest things, don’t they? Seems like children are??always coming up with??something off the wall to add a chuckle to a??teacher’s??day. So… what do they say here in Mississippi? What’s the funniest thing a student has said in your classroom? Tell us! Anything from a sentence to a couple of paragraphs will […]
Read More...Teacher Talk: ???I hear of teachers crying on their kitchen floor because of the stress???
From TES: Teachers expect to work hard but should not be expected to devote every minute of their lives to their job, writes one union leader I was speaking recently at a joint ATL/NUT meeting on childhood and adolescent mental ill healthwhen I was silenced by a young man who told me that while he […]
Read More...Teacher Teacher Diaries: My teacher evaluation was affected, because I couldn’t work free overtime to finish data entry…
I came home crushed today…my spirit shattered…my morale broken. Sometimes I feel like being a teacher in the public school system is like being in a dysfunctional relationship where you just keep finding reasons to justify the abuse you’re accepting. It’s like the battered woman that finds every reason to stay, because at the end […]
Read More...Anonymous Teacher: Even high-performing districts need more space and time to teach
Today we have a disturbing account of the scarcity of resources available to teachers in Mississippi: Leaky classrooms covered in black mold. Rolling carts in schools so overrun some teachers use the cafeteria for a classroom. Even schools in “A” districts can struggle when they’re underfunded.??
Read More...Anonymous Teacher: Diapers or Supplies
Today we have a heart-wrenching account of a brutal decision too many teachers have to face when funding is cut. When students are pitted against teachers’ families, who gets the “short end of the stick?” An anonymous Mississippi teacher shares a shocking look into her classroom.
Read More...Mississippi 2001 Teacher of the Year Renee Moore: Mississippi’s Shame
Today we have an insightful analogy and a haunting image of the lengths to which teachers must go to get much needed resources. Take a moment to ponder the questions posed from Cleveland, MS.
Read More...Gussie Farris: Why 42 Matters to Coahoma County
Today we have a piece written by Gussie Farris of Coahoma County describing the importance of having the assurance of stable funding.??
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