Teachers

Has anyone ever had a year where your health insurance costs increased so much that your take home pay actually went down compared to the year before? My husband is on my insurance and we haven’t gott… more

Can we stop it with little girls wearing fake nails? I wish my school would ban them. I have about a dozen female students at any given moment who can't perform basic functions, like zip their own… more

What's a fun little 'perk' of teaching at your grade level? I'll often be working with a student, then without warning, they open mouth sneeze right in my face. Happened to me three ti… more

Today's statement: If Teachers won an Olympic medal, it would be for.......
fill in the blanks below! We deserve our awards too!!

I have a department chair who insists on rebranding our entire curriculum every single semester based on whatever TikTok trend or buzzword they heard at a weekend conference. It’s exhausting for the s… more

It’s 8:00 PM and the physical dread of tomorrow’s staff meeting is hitting me like a ton of bricks. We’ve been told it’s another data dive that could have definitely been an email, yet here we are. I’… more

Has anyone else noticed an increase in middle and high schoolers who can't do basic math with a calculator? At least half my students in the 10th and 11th grades still don't know their multipl… more

Has anyone started using AI tools like ChatGPT for lesson planning or student support?

I’m curious—does it actually save time or create more work?

What AI tools are teachers finding most useful in 2026?

Does your district teach dance lessons during PE? In grade school, our district teaches slow dancing, and middle and high school students are still learning square dancing.

Today's statement: Every Teacher needs a friend who will......
Let's see your responses!!

Today's question: What's 3 things you love about teaching??? Let's see your heartfelt answers!!!

Unpopular opinion: Rockstar teachers who spend $2,000 of their own money on classroom decor and stay until 7:00 PM every night are actually making things worse for the rest of us. It sets an unsustain… more

Is anybody else following the AI Alpha School story? I posted about it awhile back, and the results are getting better and better.

At some point, this becomes the cheaper way to educate many kids. And then public scho… more

Today's question: Are you interested in using digital currencies like Bitcoin???

Today's question: How concern are you about data centers being built in your state??

I’ve been teaching 10th-grade English at the same private school for twelve years. I feel like I’m sleepwalking through my curriculum lately. I’m terrified that if I don’t leave now, I’ll never see wh… more

What does it take for someone to become tenured in your district?

Are you guys teaching anything for Black History Month?

Was after school pick up this crazy when we were kids? I don't remember parents lining up 45 minutes before school let out to pick us up.

Hello everyone!
I am currently pursuing my PhD. My ultimate dream is to eventually become a Professor in higher education. The problem I am having is that no college will look my way, only a denial ema… more

Are you in school for Presidents’ Day? It sometimes is used here for an inservice day, but I don’t think it was ever a purposed reason to tie it to the “holiday”.

How are you addressing AI in your classroom? I don't want to discourage it completely, because it's a tool these kids will be dealing with in their professional lives and I think it's safe… more

Hi everyone, this year has burnt me out the point I am considering leaving the field entirely. At this point my partner is worried for my physical safety because the behaviors are so aggressive and violent … more

Today's question: What do you do to stay warm for the winter? Let's share our warmth with everyone!!!

What life skill do you wish we were teaching students?

Working for my district is impossible. I can't take it here anymore. If I just quit, walk out in the middle of the semester, will it hurt my chances at finding another teaching position?

How are you preventing students from using AI to cheat? Or do you allow the kids to use AI?

Do you ever adjust how much homework you give students based on what other teachers are giving? The 7th grade math teacher has been giving 100 question study guides each night this week. Saying it sho… more

What does the future of school look like in an AI-driven world?

California schools…. Why do we need school psychologist? Where I went to school the district would just pay a psychologist from a local hospital for an hour if teachers/counselors felt a student neede… more

Is anyone following the story of Moltbook or Clawdbots/Openclaw these last few days?
It’s very confusing and I’m skeptical as to how authentic the posts on the site are on Moltbook.

But I am intrigued at the idea … more

Today's question: How cold is too cold for your students to have outdoor recess this winter?? Let's see each other's temperatures!!

What's worse to deal with, the overbearing and involved parents or the absentee parent?

If you weren't a teacher, what would you be?

How aware do your students seem to be of what's going on in the world?

Would you be willing to wear a body cam in the classroom?

I let my job know a head of time that I’ll be late tomorrow. I will be coming all the way from my son’s school who will be starting preschool tomorrow which is first day. It is forty minutes away from… more

Today's fun: Using the first letter of your first name, what is something that makes you happy??? (A little fun thought as we navigate this cold winter)