Posts tagged with: inspiring

Name? Jill Tanner Current position? 6th Grade Special Education Teacher How long have you been in education? 33 years What’s a little known fact about you? Our two children gave my husband and me a seven day cruise for our...
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Tonight while cooking, I heard a few minutes of a NPR story on Stephen Ritz, a science teacher in the Bronx, who decided to “grow 100 bags of fresh fruits and vegetables a week — in the classroom.” The story...
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Lily Eskelsen Garcia riffs on “What do teachers do?” In 1 minute & 34 seconds, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President of NEA, recounts what teachers do — which, of course, is way beyond teaching reading, writing and arithmetic! Brilliant. https://www.facebook.com/thisisinsider/videos/1502768973363829/?fref=nf...
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Making Space In the excerpt below from her book, The Art and Spirit of Leadership, Judy Brown shares how she learns from and takes in people’s insights about her poems. In doing so, she invites us in to co-create meaning...
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Name?  Josh Morton Current position? Middle school language arts teacher How long have you been in education? 14 years What’s a little known fact about you? I have two writing projects I would love to complete. But when there are...
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