April Coker, Author

Tag: corporal punishment

  • Teacher Tuesday: Noisy or Quiet?

    If you as someone not in the field of education walked past a classroom that seemed noisy and chaotic, would you think learning was taking place?  Or would you prefer to see students sitting quietly in rows of desks listening to the teacher presenting the lesson?  It’s a question I asked myself often during my…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Once upon a time. . .

    . . .a long time ago, a young woman finished college and ventured into the world of public education with a desire to change the world, one teenager at a time.  Like most college graduates, this young woman, ME, was anxious to secure a teaching job.  I was lucky that the high school who allowed…