B.L. Hahn writes for the Federalist about an unhealthy level of adulation for American classroom teachers. Many factors have contributed to the downfall of America’s schools. One rarely discussed issue…
The National Education Association and other public school advocacy groups will spend this week celebrating district school educators. So, I want to wish all home, private, and charter school educators…
Just focus on teaching children, folks.
Today, WalletHub published its 2020 Best & Worst States for Teachers ranking. North Carolina ranked 16th overall and third in the Southeast behind Virginia (7th) and Maryland (8th). In 2014,…
Classic clickbait website Wallethub released their “2019’s Best & Worst States for Teachers” ranking. (Click here if you must see it for yourself.) Among states in the southeast, North Carolina…
WTVD reports that “WalletHub ranks North Carolina as one of the worst states for teachers.” As usual, North Carolina does not rank in the bottom five of any variable used…
Tired of chasing little ruffians around the classroom? Thinking that the grass is greener on the other side? Zippia.com lists the 10 most exciting jobs of former teachers to inspire…
This blog post acknowledges that Teacher Appreciation Week starts today, May 2, and ends on May 6. Strangely, Teacher Appreciation Week does not span an entire seven-day week. It should…
In today’s Pope Center feature, Troy Camplin argues that the modern tradition of requiring tenure-track professors to engage in both teaching and research is misguided and ignores potential benefits from specialization: There is little evidence…
Earlier to this week, Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released Primary Sources: America’s Teachers on Teaching in an Era of Change, a report that details teacher attitudes…
I love teaching, but it is the exercise of weird antics with herd mentality, along with potentially-damaging administrative requirements, like being assigned to discipline one child during the week, that…