One of the darkest skeletons in my closet is that I used to smoke cigarettes.  Gasp! I know. I hardly believe I am willing to admit this...

During my early years of teaching high school English, a more senior colleague in another department eagerly approached me in the school...

What are the conditions that foster diverse communities rather than isolated individuals? The question is very complex for mosses, let...

Be here; be prepared to be nowhere else.                                         -- Principle #3, Fierce Conversations We began Her...

The following post comes from one of our senior interns, Natalie. We love periodically posting student writing, serving as a platform for...

This creative essay was a spring assignment for an AP literature class with a fluid due date. The open-ended prompt encouraged students...

It has been a “Fall in Love February” for the Her Voice team! As the month of love comes to a close, Her Voicers reflect upon their...

Valentine’s Day is not just for the humans in our lives who we love and admire–at Her Voice at the Table, we wanted to show some love to...

The following post comes from one of our senior interns, Caroline. We love periodically posting student writing, serving as a platform...

Why read? Seventeen years ago, when I was a first-year teacher, I sat down in early August to write a curriculum map for my first...

This year, I’ve heard more people say they haven’t done their Christmas shopping or that they still have so much to do before Christmas...

On instinct, 20 pairs of distressed saddle shoes lift off the carpet and start balancing on chairs, backpacks, binders, desks. It...

In honor of spooky season, Her Voice at the Table will spend October spotlighting the genre of cozy mysteries and whodunits. Just like...

Last week, we heard from teachers and admin about what’s rolling around in their minds as they face the technology jungle–cell phones and...

As the new academic year commences, our teacher brains are swirling with a litany of questions about technology use—perennial ones like...

For the past year, academia has been roiled by news that students can use generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT to write...

It appears to be a map, a watercolor illustration that you might find at the front of a fantasy book. Pastel pathways whimsically sprawl...

Early to mid-April is that sweet time of year when some of the winter crispness still lingers in the morning air, a crispness slowly...

As I rapidly approach the end of my senior year, I am closing out my high school reading curriculum with The Iliad for my Greek...

One fateful day last December, I was dubbed a patterned-sock/New-Year’s person by my AP Lit class. On the graph of fuzzy socks to...