Tag: teacher

Knee-Jerk Denialism About the Misery of Our Children

I am still in the process of getting to know my students this year. The first quarter just ended. My classes are large. And being a California high school teacher, every human being I ever encounter on campus is, of course, perpetually masked up. Still, the students know that I am the teacher who just…


Students Raise Money to Help Cash-Strapped Teacher

Salutations to these young ones growing into compassionate, caring adults.


Boy Gives His Football Coach an Emotional Letter

This just proves how we as adults can teach and support our youngsters to achieve a goal. So emotional, so pure!


Pennsylvania Teacher Threatens to Kill After COVID-19 Barrier Removed: Police Report

A York County Pennsylvania teacher has been charged with terroristic threats for allegedly threatening to kill people after a plastic barrier to protect from COVID-19 was removed from his classroom. Sinking Spring Elementary School teacher Chad Gerrick, 50, erected a plastic barrier in his classroom as protection from COVID-19 but the school maintenance department removed…


EpochTV Review: Teaching Is More than Just a Job

In this episode of “School’s Out,” “Exploring Teaching, What It Means To Be a Teacher,” host Sam Sorbo delves into what the job of teaching entails, especially how it is defined by our system of education. The host begins by asking, “What is teaching and what makes an effective teacher?” Teaching is a verb which…


North Carolina Teachers Say School’s Testing Protocols Discriminate Against Unvaccinated

Two teachers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) district in North Carolina allege that the district’s new COVID-19 testing policy discriminates against the unvaccinated, and that the policy was decided on “behind closed doors.” In a memo sent out to all teachers and staff within the school system on Sept. 20, CMS stated that mandatory testing…


Teachers Surprise the Sources of Their Inspiration

People tend to forget that even children need validation. Thank you for making these kids feel important and respected.


Hong Kong Teachers Exit Under Shadow of Security Law, Schools Scramble to Fill Gaps

HONG KONG—For his last class in Hong Kong in July, liberal studies teacher Fong showed his students calligraphy by the territory’s late democratic activist Szeto Wah: “Choose the right path and stick to it.” He emigrated to Britain days later. Fong is one of many teachers that left Hong Kong before the school year began…


Define Nonbinary, Teacher Tells California School Boards Association

Parents are deliberately being kept in the dark about what their children are being taught in school, including gender polices that allow students of any age to change genders without parental consent, says a teacher and former school board member in Orange County, Calif. Brenda Lebsack, a teacher in Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD)…


Exploring Teaching, What It Means to Be a Teacher

What is a teacher? The job of teaching, as defined by our system of education, is complicated, but essential to understand. Consider what we expect from our school teachers. Is it justified? Is it reasonable? Follow EpochTV on Facebook and Twitter