by Sarah Green | May 14, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Parents are often a teacher’s toughest ‘customers.’ Hardest to please, least likely to show it when they are. It’s easy for that important relationship to get strained and adversarial. Your child’s teacher does so much for your family,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 11, 2015 | Parent Issues
It’s easy to blow off a parent-teacher conference. After all, how important can the conference be? Your teacher has the school side of things in hand, and you know your child. Right? But there are questions that teachers wish you would ask, important questions...
by Sarah Green | Oct 30, 2014 | Teacher Issues
As I’ve written about before, apps and other digital technology are on the rise and are an increasingly affective way to teach. However, it must be understood that we are in the early stages of figuring out how to use technology in a meaningful way—or a way that works...
by Jana Hoff | Sep 18, 2013 | News, Teacher Issues
Oh Macklemore, how could you have known what a stir your song would cause? “Same Love”, the song heard around the world, has once again made headlines. A school teacher has again been reprimanded for playing the song the North Carolina superintendent called...
by Jana Hoff | Aug 9, 2013 | News, Teacher Issues
Michelle Hammack, a dedicated Florida preschool teacher has lost her job after putting out a fire. The children were sleeping at nap time when the teacher smelled smoke. She said she peeked around the corner and found a fire in the oven that was cooking chicken...