Zachary Wright
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Teacher
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Posted Sep. 26, 2018
I Can’t Spare My Son His Struggles, But I Can Be There When He Triumphs
The other day, I had to drag my son kicking and screaming into kindergarten. His anxiety had taken over, his…
Posted Sep. 7, 2018
Some Thoughts From a Teacher on What People Think About Teachers
Education Next’s recent poll offers a fascinating peek into what Americans think about a wide array of educational issues—teacher pay,…
Posted Aug. 23, 2018
First-Year Teaching Doesn’t Have to Be Terrible, Here Are Three Things That Can Help
My first year of teaching was exactly what I was told it would be: the single most difficult year of…
Posted Aug. 7, 2018
Yet Another White Family Leaves the City for the Suburbs
Well, we did it. Like millions of White, relatively affluent Americans before us, my wife and I moved with our…
Posted July 30, 2018
When Students Aren’t Proficient in Reading or Math, It Isn’t a Shame, It’s Violence
I’ve written about teacher accountability before, but I recently read a few things that got me thinking. The first was…
Posted July 17, 2018
4 Things Every First-Year Teacher Needs to Know
Recently, I shared with a colleague that I was about to start my new job as an assistant professor of…
Posted July 3, 2018
I’ll Celebrate the Fourth. Not for Who We Are. But for Who We Can Be.
I’ve never been the flag waving type. Patriotism, to me, was just one step down the road from nationalism, and…
Posted June 27, 2018
A Union That Has to Earn Its Members and Their Money Is a Union I Can Support
It’s been quite a few days for the Supreme Court. First, they sided with anti-abortion right advocates in NIFLA v.…
Posted June 21, 2018
After 14 Years of Teaching, I’m Packing Up Room 103 for the Last Time
It’s June. The classroom walls are bare. The grit outlined empty spaces left behind by charts, posters, reading lists and…
Posted June 18, 2018
School Shootings Aren’t the Only Things School Police Officers Need to Train For
In light of recent school shootings, one of the proposed solutions has been to put more school police officers in…
