As the rates of anxiety and depression increase among students, teachers experience burnout, and mental health professionals disappear from schools, it’s clear: Our schools are at a tipping point....
Like many lifelong educators, I started my career in the classroom. I taught grades 2 through 6 for several years, including one roller-coaster year teaching both third and sixth grade. That...
Two years ago, I learned a new word for what happens when someone simultaneously feels multiple emotions. “Scribble” is what happens when feelings like happiness, nervousness, anxiousness, and...
“Miss Jones, I am so sorry for how I behaved last year. I am going to do my best to stay out of trouble this year. I should have listened to you when you told me why I needed to change my attitude.”...
The six toddlers in the “Bears” classroom at the Ellis Early Learning center were hard at play when, suddenly, a tower of large, brightly-colored plastic blocks crashed to the ground. The children...