Nearly every educator I’ve spoken with since our governor closed the schools, has experienced huge mood swings ranging from guilt, for not seeing and serving students every day, to elation, when we get to connect over a video feed and realize that many of our students and colleagues are alive and well. However, dangers lurk. […]
Category: Issue 3
Reflections from a Chicago Teacher Union Leader Returning to the Classroom
By Jackson Potter, Chicago teacher The day following my departure from the Chicago Teachers Union I was wracked with doubt. Wondering whether I had done the right thing? Could I teach after an 8 year hiatus? I worried about my colleagues and co-workers at the union, whether I had made a decision that could […]
