“Have you taken any time to grieve COVID?” my therapist asked. This question took my breath away. Immediately I thought, “How dare you! Grieved? We’re still in it! What time have any of us in education had to grieve anything? We’ve adjusted, put our feelings aside, sucked it up, gone above and beyond like we […]
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December 15, 2021 – by Catherine Schumacher, CEO of Public Education Partners & Dr. Kerry Sease, Medical Director for the Bradshaw Institute for Community Child Health & Advocacy The holiday season is upon us and American Education Week (November 15-19) and Thanksgiving Week have just concluded. As such, we believe that there is no […]
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May 21st, 2020 – by Kelly Baird, Co-Founder and CEO of Flow to You “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the hillside.” Maud Hart Lovelace As this incredibly unique school year is drawing to a close (amid all the extreme effort that MAYCEMBER requires), […]
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May 14th, 2021 – by Christine Jacobs I used to think that I knew everything there was to know about teaching and students. I’ve been taking a class recently that has helped me realize that there are always new ways to help students become more independent and take ownership of their behavior in class. Conscious […]
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April 30th, 2021 – by Ashley Causey How many times have we, as educators, perused our to-do list and have been so overwhelmed we had to pause and escape? Maybe we had to have a vent session with a colleague or a quick burst of exercise to clear our mind. These are examples of finding […]
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April 16th, 2021 – by DeVita Scott This is hard. Let’s be honest, we can’t begin an authentic conversation about gratitude without acknowledging the tough stuff. Few will dispute that this school year has been full of challenging experiences for everyone. This way of teaching, learning, and leading is uncharted. While venturing into uncharted territory […]
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April 8th, 2021 – by Trevor Scott Barton “There were deep wrinkles in the corners of her eyes and across her forehead. They didn’t seem to be wrinkles of worry that he’d seen on his mami and abuelo’s faces as they worked the fields and lived among strangers in small southern towns. No, they seemed […]
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March 26, 2021 – By Pernille Ripp I have been thinking about how hard we can be on ourselves. The constant negative self-talk we, as educators, can quickly sink into due to the supposed reactions of children we teach. How we can spiral so easily into defeatist thinking. Into thinking, we would be better off […]
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March 11th, 2021 – by Anne Kelly Tromsness “Can we decorate our squares?” a tiny blonde person wearing a tie-dyed gaiter asks me mischievously. “Yes. Today’s theme is – CELEBRATION.” She runs to the center of our black box theatre classroom. “GUYS! We’re decorating our SQUARES!” Eleven more students rush in to populate their own […]
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February 17th, 2021 – by Dr. Shaniece Criss I smile every time I ride past the eight-story mural in downtown Greenville. It shows educator Pearlie Harris who served as the first black teacher at an all-white elementary school, which helped integrate Greenville County Schools over 50 years ago. On the mural, she is embracing children […]
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February 5th, 2021 – by P. Sloan Joseph If you search the internet or any social media platform, you will find equity is a hot topic. It is included in almost every keynote message at every conference in every state. On Amazon.com, there are currently 783 books about educational equity available for purchase. With access […]
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I am feeling…uncertain, anxious, lonely, exhausted, overwhelmed. These are the responses I’ve received from all levels of educators over the past nine months. We are experiencing a collective erosion of our mental and physical health and a toll on personal relationships in a way we’ve never experienced. Poor mental health among educators was not born […]
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