The Faculty Room
Jonathan Mooney always thought of himself as the stupid, crazy, and lazy kid in school. Labeled with the diagnoses of dyslexia and ADHD, he believed that because he was different, he was deficient. He gives speeches about how he was told...
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A couple years ago, a Mathematics teacher at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa — Leland Michael created a Facebook post that just never seems to get old, especially around this time of the year. He told a story about...
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It’s that time of year again where my 28-year-old self has fallen down the social media rabbit hole of a teenager. I’m stuck watching perky Instagram Stories of bright-eyed teachers unveiling their Pinterest-perfect classrooms while I sit on the...
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Award-winning, critically acclaimed cartoon artist Dan Piraro, who describes himself as: "If Salvador Dali, Garry Trudeau, and Oscar Wilde had an illegitimate child," has nailed it with these 40 teacher-related comics that we can all sit back and laugh...
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This article was written by Jane Morris — the bestselling author of Teacher Misery: Helicopter Parents, Special Snowflakes & Other B*ullshit and Crap My Students Make. It's so complicated. Students are not paying attention because they're bored. They're...
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