Editor's note: This Mother's Day, we asked local schoolchildren through our Newspapers in Education program to share with us, and you, the most important lesson Mom ever taught them. The response was ...

My junior year high school U.S. history teacher, along with my college advisor, were the greatest influences on my decision to enter teaching. Both were passionate about their craft and were able to ...

My colleagues, friends and family often praise my relentless pursuit of excellence, especially in my teaching career. But what they don’t always see is the weight behind that drive — the pressure I ...

When I was in graduate school studying to teach English/language arts, my professors taught me about the value of student choice and the profound impact of a worthwhile text in the hands of a hungry ...

For the first half of my professional life, I was a teacher. Being tasked with shaping the minds of kids was a tremendous responsibility and work that I loved. Five years ago, when given the ...

It wasn’t one single incident that made me quit teaching in a public middle school. It was the steady, moldy accumulation of dehumanizing, lifeless, squalid misadventures of which I was a part. Like ...

In my school, there are posters warning students to steer clear of the “danger zone” while writing. These posters are tongue-in-cheek, predate any of the teachers in the building, and are mostly ...

He works in mysterious ways.