“I wish my teacher knew I don’t have a friend to play with me,” a student in my classroom wrote one year. The little girl who penned those words struggled with profound shyness and anxiety that made it difficult for her to connect with her peers. Reading those words reinforced my belief that educators are […]

Kyle Schwartz
Kyle Schwartz is a third grade teacher in Denver and a proud City Year and AmeriCorps alumna. She is the author of the book “I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for our Kids.”