For public school teachers, getting rid of tough kids shouldn't be an option

If childhood is supposed to be a time for play, why do today’s kids spend so much time working?

What it's like when your coworkers outgrow you every year

Programs and therapies can help prevent bullying, but they don't address the root causes of schoolyard domination. A review of Emily Bazelon's anti-bullying manifesto Sticks and Stones.

I know a boy named David. When you yell at him, he doesn't look you in the eyes and he shrugs his shoulders. It used to render me speechless with frustration. It wasn’t until I was on the other end of an arbitrary order that I realized what my students must really feel.