At a recent dinner party, surrounded by lawyers, engineers, and data scientists, I heard myself say that “I’m just a teacher.” I said it with embarrassment, knowing I was in a room full of ...

One of my students, Lenny, wanted to know why I bothered, why I taught GED students instead of working in a “regular” school. He said I should teach younger, elementary-school-age students ...

To be happy, you have to prepare kids for careers and citizenship. I don’t know how many people want to do that. You’re 79. How long into your career were you when you got happy? It was a process.

In Education Lab's continuing 'Why I Teach,' feature, we talk to Nathan Sun-Kleinberger, a language arts teacher at Kentridge High in the Kent School District.

One Idaho elementary school teacher is showing just how powerful a joyful classroom can be – and the internet is loving every ...

Lessons in life: Why I'm teaching happiness Anthony Seldon, the headmaster of Wellington College and renowned historian and author, is planning to instruct his pupils on how to be happy.

He added, "Teaching my son about love and being happy, that's what I want him to be." The JOSE singer explained that he's also not going to be one of those parents that puts "crazy pressure" on ...

Like many other educators, Sandra Coyer didn’t start off wanting to be a teacher. Coyer, who is just finishing her 16th year in the classroom and her 14th year at Puyallup High School, studied ...

Subject: Teaching: Recapturing the fun of teaching. This week, I: Describe a faculty-development program focused on joy. ... Professors in the sessions, she added, have seemed relaxed and happy.

That’s why I teach patients to have fun. Play and productivity can complement each other, leisure is not necessarily laziness. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

Secondly, why aren’t teachers happy? It seems that people at the “top” — district office — have forgotten what it is like on the ground or they were not in a classroom long enough to ...

Jef Rouner (not cis, he/him) is a contributing writer who covers politics, pop culture, social justice, video games, and online behavior. He is often a professional annoyance to the ignorant and ...