Work & Business On the History of Teaching and the Value of “Women’s Work”
Ilana Teitelman on the history of teaching and the perceived value of "women's work," and how this impacts our education system today.
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Personal Stories “Adrift between two dialects”: Teaching English in Madrid
"I am living in two Spanish languages at once": Elena Ayala-Hurtado on her experiences with teaching, language, and being a Colombian American in Spain.
Writing The Light: On Teaching, Childhood, and a School Shooting
The author on her childhood and the school shooting she experienced as a teacher.
Dreams Children, Teaching, and Dreams Deferred
Carla Bruce on teaching instead of writing, and why she does it.
Books An Interview with Alexander Chee
An interview with author Alexander Chee about writing, teaching, publishing, his recent "Future Queer" cover story for TNR, and more.
Books Why I Teach Diverse Literature
Noah Cho on teaching diverse literature and the impact it has on his students.
Beauty Reading Lines in Pictures: Why I Teach Visual Literacy
An art historian on how and why she teaches visual literacy to her students.
Writing Multiple-Choice Reading Quiz Answers Actually Selected by Students in Classes I Taught as a T.A.
"The following list includes the major components of rhetorical strategy often employed in a persuasive essay: panic, terror, outrage, catharsis."
Humor The Gradual Devolution of My Goals as an English Teacher
An English teacher lowers her expectations of her pony-having students.
Work My Gap Year: Asking Hungarian Soldiers About Abortion
Jeremy Barr, on the gap year he spent teaching Hungarian soldiers English, and the surprises along the way.
Music How About a Pop Culture Litmus Test?
Joelle Renstrom, a professor at Boston University, on her attempts to find out the pop culture background of her students.
