It’s also Black History Month. My daughter and I share a Black heritage, which I believe is vital in building her identity, ...

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. It’s about more than tests and grades. It’s about helping kids discover themselves and the world around them. The work of a teacher, at its ...

I took my girlfriend to a frozen drift track to teach her how to control my BMW M3 E90 like a pro. With no prior drifting ...

I sing to my daughter in my best Beyoncé voice: “Brown skin girl / Your skin just like pearls / The best thing in the world / Never trade you for anybody else.” I sing these words and hum these tunes ...

Being a teacher for the past two years was a lot of things: challenging, rewarding, frustrating, tiring. Most of all, though, it was an identity shift for me. Teaching quickly became my main source of ...

Hearing their questions was music to my ears. To me, their curiosity served as an indication that not only did they look past ...

When you were a kid and they asked you what you want to be when you grow up, did you say you wanted to be a teacher? One of us, Jovana, did, and I became one. After earning my bachelor’s degree in ...

After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...

Comedian Steve Martin once said that teaching is like show business. I try to keep this in mind when I’m giving college lectures. But what happens when the entertaining professor gets upstaged by a ...

Throughout our school years, we meet all kinds of teachers: strict ones, funny ones, boring ones. Most fade with time, but a ...

Brent King, a teacher and coach at Fresh Start, is a nominee for Educator of the Year. He said he strives to spark curiosity and foster confidence in his students.