Fellow educators, let’s start with three simple truths about this moment. Being a teacher is hard. The pandemic, coupled with other factors like low pay and stressful working conditions, have made being a teacher even harder. Even if these challenges are only temporary, a whole lot of really good people are still looking around and deciding they don’t want to…
Tag: Teacher Retention
Drop The Judgment, Y’all – Rural Education Isn’t A Monolith
As someone who cares about the nuts and bolts of educational equity, it pains me that so many of those conversations are only focused around urban areas like Louisville and Lexington. That’s why I use my platform here to to argue for things like rural representation in teacher leadership and opportunity gaps in Applachia. Obviously, I was thrilled when I came…