
Failure is educational for teachers too
Being “the worst” in his weight-lifting class made Ryan Sprott a better teacher, he writes on Ed Week Teacher. “Remembering what failure feels like can be difficult for teachers,” he writes. Adults usually get to avoid doing things they’re not good at. Students don’t have that choice. When I began workout classes as an adult, I was transported back to that dusty weight room of my youth, once again feeling like a failure in comparison to those around me. I was partnered with a