Union gets names of fired teachersMaudlyne Ihejirika
“Carleton was serious about how he played. Tilly sat on the landing, reading a book, legs poking out through the railings. Whenever Carleton ran past, he thumped her on the head, but Tilly never said a word. Carleton would be sorry later, and never even know why.” Why we love it:...
阅读理解 Respect your teachers. First of all, students should respect the teachers.They should pay attention in the classes.That means to salute him, to stand from his chair when the teacher enters the classroom etc.Attend any lesson attentively.
I’ll never forget it. There were hundreds of people gathered together, and she was just standing in the hall talking with a small group. I said to myself, “Oh my God! That’s Diane Ravitch! She’s right there! I could go up and talk to her!” I looked around and everyone else...
Once Pankaj saw Green hotel’s cleaning lady wipe the hall floor with the same rug she used for toilet. So Pankaj “fired” her right away and cleans the practice hall himself instead. That’s a rare combination of attentiveness and lack of unnecessary pride. ...
She has been wrong about her comments on whether or not immigrant children have been separated from their parents. Frances is not a scholar; she cannot even correctly pronounce some words that she gets in e-mails. August 15, 2018 at 12:14 PM ...
I was diagnosed with PTSD this past year after a frightening 45 minute parent teacher conference in which I was certain, had there been no witnesses, I would have been killed. The heartbreak was that it made me understand why the student behaved the way he did in my class (which often ...
I would see here, I would show her. I’d make a spreadsheet and put it on the refrigerator and say, “Honey, this is crazy. We’re supposedly teachers. We don’t make any money, but look at this.” The bottom line is growing and we bought a house, a beautiful house in LaGrange...
She asked me to come to the conference room to meet with her. My mind immediately began to come up with numerous scenarios as to why she wanted to see me. I thought: What did I do now? Did somebody complain about my work (again)? Did I make a major mistake? Am I getting fired?
Lessons from past and present teacher resistance, solidarity, and activism can inspire and galvanize teachers in this moment within the long struggle for educational justice. This article describes three orientations that may help teachers avoid self-censorship and take action: teachers as classroom-...