Betsy Baer has recently announced her retirement from the Clayton High School Library. She has spent the last 17 years working in our library, and even longer working in our district.
Since she first...
Beth Scott, the principal of Glenridge, is retiring after 14 years, but something most people would not know about her was that she used to be an art teacher before she became the principal.
Scott has...
or many American teaching professionals who have spent their lives dedicated to sharing their knowledge and wisdom with young people, the prospect of retirement can seem a sobering and bittersweet reality.
Although...
In Alabama, those who chose to be vaccinated are offered the opportunity to drive their car or truck on the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway track. In West Virginia getting a vaccine makes you eligible...
Afton High School has recently added a Bosnian Studies class as a part of their course selection. In an interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Affton High School teacher Brian Jennings highlighted the...
Since 2011, American society has collectively become a dumber and sadder society. The widespread adoption of the iPhone, coupled with social media apps that entice the most destructive aspects of human...
Social media. Not to sound overly cliché or anything, but the problem of perceived censorship in our school (among countless others) is directly spawned from the very platforms that give people the outlet...
The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was lauded by some as the culmination of centuries of struggle by African Americans to achieve full equality. Obama stated in his farewell speech that after his...
Back in the Middle Ages when one could be put to death for an off-hand remark, the Court Jester often had the role of both entertainer and truth teller. Those royal clowns used humor to tell their hard...
“I am fearful to create a more inclusive classroom with a diversity of viewpoints… that people will accuse me of being racist, sexist, or classist,” Daniel Glossenger, a social studies teacher at...
I was met with a wall of silence when I entered the room; however, it was obvious that everyone was communicating. Heads tilted downward, fingers furiously striking keys projected on to a small screen,...
