Though I never had the words for it, I knew I was different from my peers when I was a kid. As the son of Indian immigrants, I looked for ways to push back against the pressure to assimilate and ...

Earlier this year, I designed a “book tasting” for my middle school class that changed my career in a matter of days. Inspired by a National Council of Teachers of English initiative, I generated a ...

Recently, lawmakers in Iowa penned a bill that, if passed, would have required cameras in every K-12 classroom in the state. These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons ...

Teaching in the fall semester was miserable — that frequent feeling of a student’s fingers slipping between mine, pulling away, and spiraling out into nothingness ...

In this video I take the plain block wall in my classroom and turn it into a functional writing board using Felt Right tiles.

Perhaps back in December, you saw several teachers in South Dakota scrape up classroom-supply money on a hockey stadium’s ice rink. Stories of teachers struggling to find money for their classrooms ...

As my students return to class this week, the newest equipment needed for school lockdowns will be there to greet them. It was delivered to my 11th-grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition ...

Almost every teacher I know has noticed the same sinister reality this summer: Kids have come back to the classroom. But the classroom hasn’t come back to the kids. Far from it. More to the point, ...

One of the best parts of being a teacher is the creativity it affords. Whether it’s decorating our classroom, planning an activity, or collaborating with a colleague, when we ignite our individual ...