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Thomas Rademacher

Thomas Rademacher

Nex, the Nex in my home, the Nex in Every Classroom, Deserves Life.

There’s a lot we don’t know about Nex, the non-binary child who was killed in an Oklahoma school on February 8th. We know Nex was beaten in…

Feb 20

Nex, the Nex in my home, the Nex in Every Classroom, Deserves Life.

Feb 20

Thomas Rademacher

Musk & Bezos & Other Geniuses That Aren’t Smart.

Jan 2

Musk & Bezos & Other Geniuses That Aren’t Smart.

Jan 2

Thomas Rademacher

My Favorite Things (and not things) this Year

Before I share my favorite things this year, I want to share a piece of one of my favorite things ever, which is John Hodgman’s speech at a…

Dec 27, 2023

My Favorite Things (and not things) this Year

Dec 27, 2023

Thomas Rademacher

Teacher on the Sidewalk

I dropped my kid off late today and saw an upset student come out of the school followed by a teacher trying to talk to him. By the time I…

Dec 6, 2023

Dec 6, 2023

Thomas Rademacher

This Year, Give Teachers What They Really Need: A Freaking Break.

School years are starting around the country. How do I know? I’ve been witnessing the two defining seasonal phenomena:

Aug 18, 2023

This Year, Give Teachers What They Really Need: A Freaking Break.

Aug 18, 2023

Thomas Rademacher

Bad Math: How Many Rhymes is That? Quantifying the claims of rapper’s with “more rhymes than __”

Claim: I’ve got more rhymes than the Bible has Psalms

Jun 5, 2023

Bad Math: How Many Rhymes is That? Quantifying the claims of rapper’s with “more rhymes than __”

Jun 5, 2023

Thomas Rademacher

There is Room to be Hopeful in the Space Between Teachers and Students.

Can I ask you to do something today? Can you ask three people who their favorite teacher was? Can you ask them what that teacher did for…

Apr 30, 2023

There is Room to be Hopeful in the Space Between Teachers and Students.

Apr 30, 2023

Thomas Rademacher

What I Learned Looking for my First Post-Teaching Job.

In my first few years of teaching I kept a word document of other jobs I could do. In those years of profound stress and struggle, I needed…

Nov 17, 2022

What I Learned Looking for my First Post-Teaching Job.

Nov 17, 2022

Thomas Rademacher

Leaving Teaching Was Hard, but Not as Hard as Staying.

I said goodbye to my students forever, again. I’ve been doing so four or five times a week for the last few months as my decision to stop…

Oct 30, 2022

Leaving Teaching Was Hard, but Not as Hard as Staying.

Oct 30, 2022

Thomas Rademacher

To My Trump-Flag-Flying Neighbor Who Thinks Teachers are the Enemy: You’re Being Lied to. Again.

I drive my kid to school every morning. We pass a house that has, for years, flown various political flags. The red MAGA standard gave way…

May 5, 2022

To My Trump-Flag-Flying Neighbor Who Thinks Teachers are the Enemy: You’re Being Lied to. Again.

May 5, 2022

Thomas Rademacher

Thomas Rademacher

Author of It Won’t Be Easy, Raising Ollie, and 50 Strategies for Learning without Screens. 2014 MN Teacher of the Year @mrtomrad on everything www.mrtomrad.com

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