Every school has problem students, but some are labeled emotionally disturbed (ED) and taught separately from others.

I am writing this jawn, because I believe teaching any Black history jawn in the United States might be one of the hardest jawns asked of a teacher, especially in an age of political division over ...

Consider the scene: I am an English teacher in a Title I school in Chicagoland with a predominantly Latino, immigrant and first-generation student population. It’s a diverse environment where the ...

LOS ANGELES — There is a short story by Margaret Atwood that is a kind of modern parable about why, though there is enough food in the world to feed everyone, there is still hunger. I have assigned ...

Earlier this month at Truesdell Elementary, in the last five minutes of one of my classes, I called for my students' attention. “Class, class!” I called. “Yes, yes,” they responded in unison. “I have ...

When the semester begins, my classroom fills with anticipation and nerves—mine included. Every term offers a chance to start fresh, build habits, and forge relationships that will carry us through.

CLEVELAND, Oh - I teach elementary school students and have only been teaching for two years. In that time, I have spent a lot of my own money buying supplies for my students and classroom. The ...

Julie Maresco is a 34-year-old teacher and mother of two. She's taught elementary school-aged children for 14 years in Maryland, New York, and Illinois. In the last five years, she says the threat of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, this BuzzFeed article sharing firsthand stories from teachers got a fair bit of attention. Teachers from kindergarten to ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, an assistant professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. The following has been ...

If you are waiting for the zinger, please don’t. This is not an opening for a joke, but instead an increasingly likely scenario. In January, the Department of Homeland Security gave a green light to ...