K-12 Education
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Mourning the End of Summer and Embracing the Mission Once Again
This will be my 25th year in education. Summer holidays are a sacred blessing for K-12 educators. For the ten-month school year, we give this work our all — often to the point of mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion. Then summer blissfully arrives, and with it, an extended emotional intermission. We have our critics, of Continue reading
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Why Merit-Based Pay for Teachers Would Be a Fail for Student Growth
It sounds like a reasonable idea, but a closer look shows some impossible flaws. A former student reached out on X last week with a link to this clip and a question: What do I think of merit-based pay for teachers? Well hello, Sean and Vivek. Vivek Ramaswamy has provided a lot of good conversation Continue reading
Teachers on Fire 