I Came Home to Find 50 People Holding Candles Outside My House—Then I Learned Why They Were Really There

used to talk endlessly about teaching.

He loved it.

Loved his students.

Loved helping kids discover who they could become.

But over the past several years, something had changed.

Budget cuts.

Administrative pressure.

Parents who treated teachers like enemies.

Students who seemed increasingly disconnected.

Endless testing.

Endless meetings.

Endless criticism.

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