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Self-Care: Why It's Essential for Your Career
As a teacher, you consider the wellbeing of your students each and every day. You provide those young 'uns with the best education possible and give them ample opportunities to challenge themselves...
Hungry Kids: Why School Meals Matter and How You Can Help
Get ready for the cold, hard gristle of the truth: for some kids, the meals they eat at school are the only meals they eat. It's a tough tater tot to swallow, but according to the NEA article "Stud...
What It Means to Be a Mandated Reporter
We're not talking Clark Kent here. …Although teachers are basically superheroes.Anyway.Here's how it works. In most states, professionals who spend time with children are designated as mandated r...
Understanding Your Students' Home Lives
Just like students look as if they saw a ghost if you ever run into each other outside of the classroom, sometimes it's hard for teachers to remember that our young 'uns have got lives of their own...