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Teaching: The Book
A former grade-school teacher reflects on his Teach for America days. The two years I taught fourth grade in the rural black public schools of...
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Teaching: A Lesson in Fortitude
How a student named Martin proved that first impressions are not always what they seem. A few years ago, I taught a low-income, first-generation...
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Should Teach For America Require a Five-Year Commitment?
A new review article (pdf), which looks at a litany of studies dealing with teacher effectiveness, particularly as it relates to Teach for...
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Mind the Gap: Saying Farewell
An inner-city schoolteacher says farewell to his first graduating class. Dear Class of 2010: We had an inauspicious start two years ago—one of...
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Teaching: A Student Called Jacqueline
A former grade-school teacher reflects on his Teach for America days. For years, I have been haunted by the fate of Jacqueline Barnes, my best...
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Mind the Gap: Teachers Grading Their Own Exams
An inner-city schoolteacher attempts to dampen enthusiasm for standardized testing. As I discussed a few weeks ago, it’s testing time here in...
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Mind the Gap: My Door Is Open
An inner-city schoolteacher on the isolated nature of his profession. In positions past, I spent a lot of time working in a cubicle, but I never...
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Teaching: Notes from the Front Lines
On finding your element I just finished Ken Robinson’s book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. If you have not yet read...
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Mind the Gap: Visitor Beware
An inner-city schoolteacher explores the difference between voluntourism and poorism. At the height of the pre-recession boom a few years ago, a...
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Mind the Gap: Big Easy Ramblings
An inner-city schoolteacher visits post-Katrina New Orleans with his students. Greetings from New Orleans, where I’ve come with two of my...
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Mind the Gap
An inner-city schoolteacher rejoices in the triumph of his student-mother. One of the great joys of this job is the inspiration I sometimes...
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Mind the Gap
An inner-city schoolteacher examines the lack of parental involvement. We're in the midst of parent-teacher conferences here in New York City...
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Mind the Gap
An inner-city schoolteacher revels in the goodwill around ed reform. In about three weeks, I will be in New Orleans with 12 of my students and...
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Mind the Gap
This week, an inner-city school teacher wrestles down the literacy beast. Recently, I chose to walk straight into a pedagogical hornet's nest by...
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Teaching: Notes from the Front Lines
A former grade-school teacher reflects on his Teach for America days. The years since I taught fourth grade in the Mississippi Delta have taken...
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Mind the Gap
The inspiration and exasperation of an inner-city schoolteacher. This is a new column by a teacher in the South Bronx. It will appear every...
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Teach for America: The Morning After
As yesterday's story on Teach for America rose through the ranks of the NYT's most e-mailed, bloggers picked up steam. Alexander Russo, of This...
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Does TFA Make You a Better Human?
Meet David Donaldson, a 25-year-old Teach for America corps member who teaches at a charter school in Baltimore. When he's not teaching English to...
