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Another August

August 1, 2026 / Kelly Keene / Leave a comment

by Kelly Keene When I was a first-year teacher, the excitement of starting my first school year with my own classroom came with a side of stress and anxiety. The amount of work it takes to set up a new classroom from scratch, in a very limited timeframe, pressures most new educators to get their … Continue reading Another August

A Teacher’s Summer Break

July 5, 2026 / Kelly Keene / Leave a comment

By Kelly Keene "You get summers off," people tell me whenever I mention the challenges of teaching. They're right, we only get paid ten months out of the year. But what they don't realize is that even though teachers don't get paid for those two months, we somehow are still expected to work through them. … Continue reading A Teacher’s Summer Break

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