In light of all the negative press (particularly this week in NYS), it's a good thing we have articles like this reprinted to keep teachers going during the darkest of days. The Heart of Teaching: What It Means to be a Great Teacher

The short version is that kindness, compassion, empathy, inspiration and positive energy contributes to great teaching. Perhaps it is the Passover-Easter season talking to me, but I thought that kindness, compassion, empathy, inspiration, and positive energy were at the goals for begin a good human?