http://dir.salon.com/topics/teachers/?source=rss&aim=teachers en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/07/confused_17_year_old/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/07/confused_17_year_old/index.html?source=rss I don't know what my friends are talking about, and I don't know what my problem is. By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/05/what_to_do_next/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/05/what_to_do_next/index.html?source=rss Will doing what I'm good at make me happy? By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/22/sex_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/22/sex_abuse/index.html?source=rss When it comes to sexual abuse perpetrated by women, boys are treated as lucky little Lotharios. By Matthew Fishbane Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/08/30/kozol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/08/30/kozol/index.html?source=rss Jonathan Kozol, author of "Letters to a Young Teacher," talks with Salon about why No Child Left Behind squelches learning and about reading Rilke's sonnets to first graders. By Garrison Keillor Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/30/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/30/keillor/index.html?source=rss We're sticking the next generation with debt and an unjust war. Solution: We must cut healthcare for people with "Bush-Cheney" bumper stickers. By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/16/doctors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/16/doctors/index.html?source=rss My wife and I could live anywhere and have great success as doctors, but my mother and sister are ill and need help at home. By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/21/piano_lessons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/21/piano_lessons/index.html?source=rss I'd love to let her quit so that we can stop fighting about it, but I know she'll regret it if she does. By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/23/harassment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/23/harassment/index.html?source=rss A certain 50-ish lothario lured a student into his office and made clumsy advances. Should a complaint be lodged? By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/06/academic_betrayal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/06/academic_betrayal/index.html?source=rss Advice for creative types everywhere: Grow a thick skin. You're going to need it. By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/02/graduate_schools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/02/graduate_schools/index.html?source=rss Why do arts graduate schools, in particular, bring out our vulnerabilities? By Cary Tennis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/07/06/teacher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/07/06/teacher/index.html?source=rss Now I feel burdened with this knowledge. What should I do? By Sarah Karnasiewicz Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/27/teacher_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/27/teacher_student/index.html?source=rss Following a number of high-profile sex abuse scandals, high schools across the country have begun carefully policing teacher-student relationships. But is this new vigilance keeping the most committed teachers from doing their best? By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/16/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/16/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss The Taliban lives, and a teacher dies. By Hillary Frey Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/22/teacher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/22/teacher/index.html?source=rss The NYCLU takes up the case of an unmarried preschool teacher who was fired for being pregnant. By Janelle Brown Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/12/parents_rule/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/12/parents_rule/index.html?source=rss Angry that little Johnny flunked, increasing numbers of parents are suing teachers. By Damien Cave Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/29/voucher_q_a/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/29/voucher_q_a/index.html?source=rss Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on school vouchers, one expert says dramatic change could be decades away. By Linda Specht Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/02/08/trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/02/08/trade/index.html?source=rss My son and I have a deal in which profanity begets literacy. By Dawn MacKeen Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/07/gore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/07/gore/index.html?source=rss In his first day teaching at Columbia, the former vice president starts out nervous -- but relaxes enough to critique the media. By Theresa Heim Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/09/06/private_tutor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/09/06/private_tutor/index.html?source=rss I tutor 3-year-olds to crush the competition. By D.A. Blyler Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/08/07/teach_english/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/08/07/teach_english/index.html?source=rss I taught English to Czech prostitutes until I was chased out of the business by a vicious little pimp. By Anthony York Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/09/davis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/09/davis/index.html?source=rss Building more prisons, doling out pork and refusing to rethink the death penalty, California Gov. Gray Davis is confounding friends and enemies with his relentless pursuit of the middle. By Joan Walsh Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/05/22/intro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/05/22/intro/index.html?source=rss Salon's week-long look at the state of America's public schools By Jack Boulware Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/05/08/egypt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/05/08/egypt/index.html?source=rss New Egyptian network to deal with sex and birth control. By Stephen J. Lyons Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/13/marginalia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/13/marginalia/index.html?source=rss My love smoldered in the margins of great books. By Kathryn J. Abajian Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/04/07/coconut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/04/07/coconut/index.html?source=rss These foreign men are beautiful, brazen and as young as my son. I want something they have, but it's not what they think.