Not every lesson needs to be fun or “engaging.” Some of the things most worth knowing are just plain hard and require focus. But the teacher as entertainer paradigm has helped convince kids that boredom is oppression instead of just a natural part of learning

Five years ago today, my preschooler and first grader came home from school and wouldn’t be allowed to return to a classroom until the fall. Overnight, I became a homeschool teacher and watched in devastation as all sense of normalcy was stolen from them. In the fall, my

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Teacher math is knowing 100% how many students you have but you make 3 more copies just in case.

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Students work hardest for teachers who believe in them, support them, and genuinely care. Adults are no different. That’s why it’s always relationships before rigor.

This is how MANY patrons I’ve bartended for over the years have described it: “The problem is, no one in the schools has the balls to do what they know needs to be done.”

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We are failing our kids by passing them through without the necessary skills for success.

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