This week, a lot of people either emailed me this article or stuck it in my mailbox at school. The author, Sarah Blaine, herself a former teacher who went on to become a lawyer, vindicates our ...

What teacher does not want a more respectful classroom? Days are packed full with new content to teach, tests to give and grade, and unexpected demands on teachers’ time and attention. Students’ ...

For too long, vocational education in this country has been given little respect. Despite renaming it career and technical education, we still treat it as second-class. That’s why I was glad to learn ...

When I was a doctoral student in the U.S., I had a friend, who was also from India. Though I struggled initially, I started calling my professors by their first names, just like the other students in ...

There were angry rumblings at last week’s meeting of Indigenous leaders and the prime minister and in the Close the Gap Campaign steering committee report. They will get significantly louder with ...

The coronavirus pandemic ramped up pressure on teachers, many of whom had to teach classes remotely or live with the fear of catching COVID-19 while teaching in-person. Consequently, some educators ...

Everyone wants to be respected. We want others to hear us and value our opinions, even if they disagree. We want our children to comply and meet our expectations. And we want our employers to ...

“Anyone? Anyone?” a high-school teacher asks at the front of a classroom in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. His dazed students, popping bubble gum and falling asleep, gaze toward the front of the room, ...