Tag: Empowerment

For Teachers To Thrive, They Must Be Empowered

Late last year, National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey used her platform to talk about the importance of young people seeing teachers “thrive.” In a recent op-ed, my state’s education commissioner, Dr. Jason Glass, expounded upon what thriving as an educator could mean. He writes: Seeing teachers thrive would mean that they have a professional and livable wage, where…