Whenever students get in trouble at school one of the first excuses, they throw out is “Well Mr. _______ just doesn’t like me.” Their parents usually assure them that’s not the case. Well, they might be lying to them. As a teacher, I can honestly tell you that I do have favorites. We all do….
A school in Ohio is under fire amid reports that students were able to get hold of a firearm kept at the school. The incident took place back in March at Highland Elementary in South Bloomfield Township. The school, like many others, has a concealed weapons program that allows certain employees to carry guns. The…
This week students returning to school at two of Indianapolis’s most prominent catholic schools were greeted by an LGBTQ advocacy group on their way in. The group, Shelly’s Voice, was formed after Shelly Fitzgerald was placed on administrative leave from her guidance counselor job at Roncalli high school because of her same-sex marriage. Her story…
Summer break is just about over, and school is just around the corner. Teachers may not be ready, and their students probably aren’t either. However, it is best to start preparing for the inevitable and getting ready to return to the classroom. If teachers are being honest, this is probably not something that most…
As you may have heard, online bullying, also known as cyberbullying, is a growing problem in America. Since the advent of social media, this has been on the radar of policymakers, educators, and tech companies. The trend is not new. However, despite the efforts of the aforementioned, it appears that cyberbullying has actually risen over…
School lunch debt is a problem all over the country. For many families, coming up with enough money for lunch is difficult. Schools feed students without money, but the families still technically owe for the meals. Sometimes people or charitable organizations step forward to pay off the debt, but more often than not, the debt…
Recently a Florida principal came under fire for his comments around the Holocaust curriculum at his school. Florida has required Holocaust education since 1994. However, Boca Raton’s Spanish River Community High School was only offering a one-day lesson to sophomores and even that lesson was optional because, according to the principal of the school William…
Social media has been around for a while now. Yes, it seems like in every professional development workshop you go to some facilitator is making big money to tell you how new and uncharted social media is, but it isn’t 2009 anymore. Grandparents and elementary students are on Facebook and Instagram. In general, most people…
The Carmel Clay School district is in the midst of a well-documented bus driver shortage. After trying to find drivers through conventional means to no avail, they have resorted to using teachers. They offered teachers up to $18K more to take on the additional responsibility of driving kids to and from school. Luckily for…
Teacher pay seems to be one of those issues that everyone has an opinion. You may have a chance to voice that opinion in the near future. Governor Eric Holcomb is sending his teacher compensation commission across the state of Indiana to hold three hearings on the subject of teacher pay and compensation. There will…