This episode features Sydney Chaffee, a Nationally Board Certified high school teacher in Boston, the 2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year and 2017 National Teacher of the Year, as well as a Teac...

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Eight years after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, educator Sarah Lerner reflects on trauma, resilience and what it means to keep teaching in the aftermath of school gun violence. What has chang...

Eight years after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, educator Sarah Lerner reflects on trauma, resilience and what it means to keep teaching in the aftermath of school gun violence. What has chang...

Sofia, a Teachers Unify Ambassador, educator-leader, and activist from Chicago, shares her experience losing students to gun violence and her fierce commitment to safe schools and communities.

“They don't have to be alone with those thoughts or those fears in the aftermath,” said Kiki Leyba, who was teaching at Columbine High School during the 1999 mass shooting.

A Grim September for Schools and Communities in America

This episode features Michael Cotey, the creator of Enough: Plays To End Gun Violence. He talks about his organization, his work with Change the Ref and Manny & Patricia Oliver, what he hopes peopl...

At AFT TEACH 2025, teachers came together to share stories, support one another, and speak out against gun violence. Hear from the educators behind Teachers Unify and why teachers' voices matter.

This episode features Paula Reed, a retired English teacher & current Jefferson County School Board member, who survived the Columbine High School shooting in April 1999. She shares her experience ...

This episode features Nikki Fried, the former Florida Commissioner of Agriculture & current Chair of the Florida Democratic Party. She talks about her role in public service, her support for the gu...

Teachers can only do so much to protect their students from school shootings.