
Masked Up & Teaching
In a time when anxiety and uncertainty can cloud everything else, we can always slow down and take each day one step at a time.
Kaitlyn Pietan, Teacher Writer
• February 21, 2021

Teaching in 2020-2021; Driving in a Snow Storm
Pretending We Don’t See the Snow
Karl Baresel, Teacher Writer
• February 4, 2021

Words for 2021
37 Iowa English teachers offer words to guide us in the coming year.
January 23, 2021

The Teachers Who Framed Me
Britt Jungck reflects on the educators who have carved a path for her.
Britt Jungck, Teacher Writer
• December 6, 2020

Vocabulary Switch
All from one day, Oct. 20, 2020, with both boys' names changed.
Rex Muston, Teacher Writer
• November 18, 2020

Out of Darkness
Home with COVID-19, a teacher reflects on her new school and students.
Britt Jungck, Teacher Writer
• November 1, 2020

To Be Seen and Heard
a found poem from All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, pgs. 292-294
Holly Esbeck
• October 17, 2020

Students Speak
From the mouths of babes, a found poem.
Allison Berryhill and Lauren Stephens
• October 4, 2020

Let Students See Their Poems in Print
"Lyrical Iowa" editor Marilyn Baszczynski explains how students benefit from submitting poems the IPA's annual competition.
Marilyn Baszczynski, Guest Contributor
• October 3, 2020

Joyful Haikus
A collection of haikus that show what is bringing a few Iowa educators joy during this strange and challenging year.
September 16, 2020


Encounters
Kim Van Es looks back on experiences that have shaped her growing understanding of diversity in America.
Kim Van Es, Teacher Writer
• June 30, 2020
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