
First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education.
Kristin Cahill, a principal in New York City, reflects on a new role for schools in a changing society.
Why do teachers seem to have eyes in the back of their heads? They’ve mastered the art of noticing.
School libraries have been an unfunded mandate in New York. Let’s change that, says student Salma Baksh.
Five years after the pandemic closed schools, some educators remain wistful for before times.
It’s time to stop telling kids to ‘dress up like you’re 100.'
I forgot what was important: getting the kids to learn and understand the material.
I led a school board through COVID. It took a toll on my mental health.
I study early childhood education. Defunding this research will have far-reaching effects.
It hurts to see the U.S. turn its back on my homeland.
Changes out of Washington have only increased the degree of difficulty, writes Chris DeRemer.
Reading passages cannot take the place of reading books.
At home during COVID school closures, I consumed misogynistic content in an endless loop. My brother walked me back from the brink.
I want school leaders who are struggling with their mental health to know they are not alone.
Learning doesn’t have to be student-driven to be student-centric.
We teach foundational literacy skills. We just make it look like play.
In the second Trump era, educators consider what ‘sanctuary’ looks like in their schools and communities.
Debilitating pain turned me into a student I didn’t recognize. Here’s how I got back on track.
Post-COVID, fostering new friendships seemed like an impossible task.
After years of struggling with body image, I turned to crash dieting. It took a terrible toll.
I’ve endured student aggression throughout my decade in the classroom.