Why I Left Academia (Since You're Wondering)
I didn’t have a choice. Thousands of people are driven out of the profession each year.
William Deresiewicz
· 16 min read
teaching
A collection of 4 posts
The Demoralization of the American Teacher
One of the biggest challenges for teachers in their quest to give good grades is that test grades tend to be very low.
Shane Trotter
· 12 min read
My Late Father Was a Great Teacher. He Wouldn’t Last a Week in the Modern Classroom.
All teachers have a hope of how they will be perceived by the students sitting in their classrooms. Too many of us today want to be perceived as accommodating and nice, compassionate and endlessly empathetic.
Jeremy S. Adams
· 7 min read
Quillette Podcast 18 – Former New York public high school teacher Mary Hudson on why the system lets down disadvantaged students
Quillette‘s Jonathan Kay talks to Mary Hudson, a former teacher in New York’s public high school system, about how disadvantaged students are being let down by school leaders and administrators who are afraid to discipline unruly children for fear of being accused of racism. This conversation follows Hudson’
Quillette
· 1 min read