Category Archives: Teachers

RESPECT Vision Released for Comment

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Guest Blogger

What would it take to make America’s most important profession also America’s most valued profession? To answer this question, 16 Teacher Ambassador Fellows — active classroom teachers working temporarily for the U.S. Department of Education — have been listening to … Continue reading →

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Ask Mrs. Borders about Teacher Appreciation

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Teaching Ambassador Fellows answer teachers’ burning questions about education policy. In this issue, middle school science teacher Kareen Borders takes up Teacher Appreciation Week and discusses how to use the contacts made with parents during this time to build relationships … Continue reading →

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Viva la Revolution! State Teachers of the Year Advise ED about Teacher Policy

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Laurie Calvert

At the end of a week of activities in Washington to honor the accomplishments of the state Teachers of the Year, those teachers engaged in a conversation about how to improve the teaching profession. It began as ten small-group discussions … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Teachers of the Year

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

“A teacher is the key to a child reaching their potential,” President Obama said this week during a White House ceremony to recognize the State Teachers of the Year and to present the 2012 National Teacher of the Year Award … Continue reading →

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Duncan Talks College Affordability and Rural Ed in WI and IA

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

Waterloo, Iowa – It’s not often that town hall meetings are interrupted by the gentle moo of a calf, but that’s exactly the interjection that two Cabinet secretaries and an audience interested in rural education experienced Wednesday at the University … Continue reading →

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Teachers@ED: José Rico

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Editors Note: Teachers@ED profiles some of the hundreds of current and former educators who work at the U.S. Department of Education, and how their experiences in schools inform their work for the agency. Carlos and Celia Rico had big hopes for their … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Ways Educators Can Stop Bullies

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

A new documentary film, “BULLY,” follows several students to show how bullying happens in schools—and how educators often struggle to put a stop to it. A safe and supportive school climate can be one of the best tools in preventing … Continue reading →

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TEACH: Shaping the Future of the Teaching Profession

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Nearly everyone can name a teacher who inspired him or her, that pushed them, that maybe even changed their life. Teaching is the foundation of our educational system. Without teachers, education as we know it would simply not exist. Teachers … Continue reading →

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E4E’s Advice to Schools: To Keep Great Teachers, RESPECT Their Careers

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Guest Blogger

After earning her law degree while teaching full time, Lori Wheal thought she might leave the field of education. She had spent 10 years as a middle school teacher in the Bronx and was tired. Thanks to low pay, little … Continue reading →

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Ask Ms. DeBose About Teaching the Middle Grades

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Washington Teaching Ambassador Fellow Geneviève DeBose answers teachers’ burning questions about middle grades education. TEACHER QUESTION (TQ):  Why are educators using the term middle grades or middle level instead of middle school?  What’s the difference? MS. DEBOSE:  When I was a … Continue reading →

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Teachers@ED: Newton Piper, Customer Service Specialist, Office of Special Education Programs

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Editors Note: Teachers@ED profiles some of the hundreds of current and former educators who work at the U.S. Department of Education, and how their experiences in schools inform their work for the agency. When Newton Piper started out as a … Continue reading →

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Destined for Middle School: You Gotta Have Heart

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Delia Davis-Dyke didn’t always want to be a middle school administrator. Her first aspiration was to be an attorney, but she was moved by the words of one of early bosses: “Major in what you love and the money will … Continue reading →

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