Megan Allen
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Northampton, MA, United States
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Using Choice Boards to Boost Student Engagement
Giving students options for how they demonstrate their learning is a good way to ignite their curiosity. → Read More
Planning for Better Professional Development in an Uncertain Future
Teachers will be operating in a different world next year, and administrators are thinking now about how best to support them. → Read More
Why We Should All Care About Teacher Working Conditions
Too often, teachers are not treated as professionals or given a voice in district policymaking, Megan Allen writes. Here's why that matters. → Read More
How Licensing Rules Kept One Teacher of the Year Out of Public Schools
Megan Allen is an award-winning, National Board-certified teacher. But when she crossed state lines, her teaching license didn't follow. → Read More
The Hardest Part of Leadership
In troubled times, teacher-leaders need to push past feelings of helplessness and lead transformative change, writes Megan Allen. → Read More
You Might be in the First Week of School If...
If you just started your school year as a classroom teacher, you might recognize yourself (and get a much-needed chuckle) in this list. → Read More
You Might Be in the First Week of School if...
If you just started your school year as a classroom teacher, you might recognize yourself (and get a much-needed chuckle) in this list. → Read More
Food Insecurity: The Hidden Equity Hurdle in our Schools
Guest blog: How jars of peanut butter can be a tool and safety net for learning. → Read More
Food Insecurity: The Hidden Equity Hurdle in Our Schools
Guest blogger Brett Bigham shares how jars of peanut butter can be a tool and safety net for learning. → Read More
How Teacher Professional Development Changed My Teaching (and a Student's Life)
A Montana high school educator discusses how Trump's education cuts will hurt rural students and the teachers who serve them. → Read More
How Teacher Professional Development Changed My Teaching (and a Student's Life)
How Trump's education cuts will hurt our rural students and the teachers who serve them → Read More
Does Trump's Education Budget Support Our Future Workforce?
How the proposed cuts to career and technical education will impact our students, the working class, and our country. → Read More
Does Trump's Education Budget Support Our Future Workforce?
How the proposed cuts to career and technical education will impact our students, the working class, and our country. → Read More
What Does Trump's Budget Say About our Values as a Country?
Trump's proposed budget cuts seem to state that literacy doesn't matter, which is detrimental to our society. → Read More
Winter is Coming: What Trump's Requested Budget Means for Public Ed
What do Game of Thrones and Trump's proposed education budget have in common? → Read More
Professional Creep: How Work Can Take Over Your Life (and Your Book List)
Do you only read professionally? @Redhdteacher believes it's time to break the habit and read a book for fun. → Read More
Professional Creep: How Work Can Take Over Your Life (and Your Book List)
Do you only read professionally? @Redhdteacher believes it's time to break the habit and read a book for fun. → Read More
Implementation Speed: Are You the Snail or the Goldfish?
When implementing something new in your classroom or school, are you a snail or a goldfish? → Read More
Implementation Speed: Are you the Snail or the Goldfish?
When implementing something new in your classroom or school, are you a snail or a goldfish? → Read More
Fresh From Florida: Anyone Can Challenge What Students Learn in School
As if public education could even stand to take another blow in Florida, here it comes. I picked up the good ole' Lakeland Ledger, the daily newspaper in my hometown of Lakeland, FL. My dad had ever so neatly dog-eared an article that he thought I'd find particularly interesting. New law lets residents challenge what's taught in science class. I read on. Signed into law by Governor Rick Scott,… → Read More