Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives
As teachers, we explore inquiry within the confines of our classrooms, but can we bring inquiry out of the classroom and into our lives? In this issue of Kaleidoscope, we ask, “What does inquiry look like for me?”

Asking Questions to Find Our Place
As teachers we ask ourselves many questions: Is there a different representation I could use in my lesson? Are my students understanding this explanation? Are there colleagues I could collaborate with? What is the story I am trying to tell? Am I acting in accordance with my values? Questions are the basis for the inquiry process. We ask a question, we collect data, whether that be a survey, student work, or our own thoughts, and we share that data and discuss. It would seem that once we investigate a question we can find the answer and never need to wonder again. However, the inquiry process always seems to leave us back where we started, with more questions.
In This Issue
When to Share the Bread
On reflecting on the American fable The Little Red Hen, storyteller Jamie Melton analyzes this idea of laziness as it applies to her classroom. The story teaches us that hard work is rewarded—a seemingly uncomplicated moral.
Burnout By The Numbers – What I Learned By Tracking Every Hour I Worked For A Year
Poetry Corner: School & Truth and Love
Through poetry, Katie Cubano and Tom Snarsky paint a picture of various scenes of teaching—familiar to other teachers but perhaps unexpected to those outside the profession.
Creating A Curious Classroom Using Science And Engineering Practices
A case study-reflection of a classroom using science and engineering practices to support curiosity.
Growing Deep Roots In A Broken System
Using several ecological analogies, Sara describes a mindset shift that helped her emphasize community building in her pursuit of educational progress.
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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