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Teaching Was My Dream. Now I Wonder If It Is Stunting My Other Passions.

ED Surge

It’s about helping kids discover themselves and the world around them. Part of being a strong teacher is encouraging kids to explore, inspiring them to dream big, and modeling for them what it looks like to bring passion to learning and experiencing the world. At 10 years old, my world opened up. Teaching has consumed me.

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Teachers Leaving the Classroom: An EdSurge Summer Reading List

ED Surge

A National Education Association survey from 2022 found that more than half of educators were thinking of departing the profession earlier than planned. They meet with parents, participate in professional development, grade papers, and more – work that regularly tips teachers’ work weeks past 40 hours. Teaching has consumed me.”

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To Improve a Child's Education, We Must Be Willing to Let Old Practices Die

ED Surge

At the first staff meeting of the 2022 academic year, our entire team of coaches and coordinators was exhausted. We’d spent the first two weeks of the year subbing in buildings, covering lunch duties and pitching in wherever we were needed. Sometimes we must lose what we have to make space for more important things.

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Coping with COVID in the Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

Then there were difficulties with the physical space. We divided our student body into two groups so that desks could be adequately spaced. For the 2021-2022 school year, we decided to come back full time. The faculty discussed it and decided that the best choice was to go online for a week. Moving Toward Normalcy.

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A Third of Homeless Students Are Chronically Absent. Would an ‘Attendance Culture’ Help?

ED Surge

Students who might be living in shelters or public housing also couldn’t consistently access school remotely, in part because their access to internet or quiet spaces to complete homework was insufficient. Migrants from around the world had journeyed there, only to find that the city had run out of space and was “sheltering” migrants outside.

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Why I’m Integrating the World Cup Into My English Class, Despite My Disinterest in Sports

ED Surge

They were exchanging stickers of sought-after players as they prepared for the 2022 World Cup, which was at least two full months away at that point. But this year, with the arrival of the World Cup, I came prepared, and my students knew it when they saw our sports journalism unit built into the syllabus on the first day.

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Spring STEM Guide

How to STEM

Welcome to the Spring 2022 edition of our seasonal STEM guides! It contains: STEM related Spring events and themed days/weeks Quick, easy website and activity suggestions for how to get involved (click on the pictures to find out more) Spring STEM resource recommendations. British Science Week (11-20th March).

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