Most Recent YES! For Teachers Articles

Weathering Walker’s Storm: Staying Positive in Wisconsin
Jean Abreu talks candidly about Wisconsin Governor Walker’s legislation, and how her school community in Wisconsin pulled together to protect what they worked so hard to create.

The Innocence Project and Prison Food
Use the Innocence Project’s interactive resources to understand the causes of wrongful convictions and exonerations, and see how your school’s cafeteria food measures up to prison food with this tell-it-like-it is infographic.

Visual Learning: “Out of many, one”
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about the growing number of organizations dedicated to making this world a better place, and how art has a magical, powerful way of

Tales of a Beginning Teacher
Brendan Clarke reflects on his first day of teaching, and why he left the classroom to rebuild our connection with the natural world.

Writing Contest
Spring 2011: “Your Unique Gifts” High School Winner Kamron Yazdani
Kamron, our high school winner, is a student with the Global Village School. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Blessings Revealed” by Puanani Burgess. Read Kamron’s essay on the

Writing Contest
Spring 2011: “Your Unique Gifts” College Winner Tim Hefflinger
Tim, our university winner, is a student at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Blessings Revealed” by Puanani Burgess. Read Tim’s essay

Writing Contest
Spring 2011: “Your Unique Gifts” Powerful Voice Winner Bronson Afong
Bronson, our Powerful Voice winner, is a student at Blanche Pope Elementary in Oahu, Hawaii. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Blessings Revealed” by Puanani Burgess. Read Bronson’s essay

Writing Contest
Spring 2011: “Your Unique Gifts” Middle School Winner Alex Gilliland
Alex Gilliland, a student in Dara Lukonen’s class at Aka’ula School in Molokai, Hawaii, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Blessings Revealed” by Puanani Burgess. She is our middle school

Horses as Healers
What do you do with a teenager who’s angry, depressed, disconnected, or all of the above? Lorna Shepardson knows a magical gift horses possess that can help bring young people from the