Guest post by Lucy Reed For Kโ12 educators and school leaders balancing full plates, masterโs degree decisions can feel like a professional crossroads. The tension is real: graduate education can open doors in teacher career development, yet it also competes with time, energy, and financial realities that already strain many classrooms. Add professional growth challenges... Continue Reading →
How to Get a College Degree Without Drowning Your Future in Debt
Guest post by Lucy Reed If youโre a college student right nowโor even just thinking about itโand youโre already sweating how much itโs going to costโฆ youโre not being paranoid. Youโre paying attention. But the good news? Debt isnโt the default. There are ways around it. Iโve taken some of those paths myself. Others I... Continue Reading →
Health and Wellness for Teachers: How to Recharge Without Burning Out
Guest post by Lucy Reed Letโs not sugarcoat it. Teaching drains you. It stretches your patience, your schedule, your sense of personal space โ and sometimes your identity. You give so much every day that even a moment to yourself can feel like a luxury. Thatโs the problem. The idea that self-care should wait until... Continue Reading →
How to Keep a Childโs Love of Learning Burning Bright
By Lucy Reed Thereโs no checklist for raising a curious child, just as thereโs no switch you can flip to turn on a love of learning and expect it to stay lit. That love is delicate, a flickering thing at first, and it lives or dies depending on how itโs treated by the adults nearby.... Continue Reading →
The Mystery Location Game
By Talia Nochumson Imagine stepping into a classroom where students are bursting with curiosity, collaborating to uncover a mystery that lies thousands of miles away. Welcome to the Mystery Location game, an interactive activity designed to spark curiosity, develop teamwork, and enhance critical thinking skills. How it works: two classrooms, often from different parts of... Continue Reading →
