I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach to the kid.

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.

I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.

Paying to teach in the trenches was like putting my face through a cutout hole at a carnival while a quarterback threw pies at me. At least with a carnival, I'd see it coming.

Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar