Posts By : “Donnie Dicus”

For those who know me, I am a pretty big comic book nerd. I have been buying comics since I was 7 years old when my dad gave me his old collection of Batman, Superman, and Justice League comics. Identity

 When I think back on my school days, my most vivid memories happened on the playground. I remember jumping off the see saw so my friend would fall to the ground. I remember climbing to the top of the jungle

Do you ever find yourself day dreaming about the “perfect” school that you would like to work at? How would that school be different from the one that you are currently teaching? I have spent many hours laying in bed

Election season has come and gone. Several Arizona districts were quite happy as their overrides passed. Others were disappointed as their overrides died at the ballots. As a teacher, it’s easy to be furious at these voters. “Why don’t they

One of the tasks of this blog site is for the bloggers to write about how policy affects practice. I can not think of a single policy that impacts my job as much as budget cuts. Being in Arizona, budget

How I left Teaching and Why I Came Back and Stay Tomorrow, I get to meet my 11th group of students. I have been doing this profession for ten years now and I am still excited for every new group

People do not care about public education! That was the message that many Arizonan educators received back in November as a wave of school overrides failed at the ballot. Shortly after, the budget for public education was drastically cut which

“You’re a teacher!? And you were discovered online and asked to be here?! Wow, that’s the teacher dream! How did you get people to notice you and listen to what you have to say?” One young teacher who was volunteering