I Will Screw This Up / Teaching Today
by Dina Strasser · Published 09/24/2025 · Last modified 10/01/2025
For Dina Strasser, the Pledge is not a real-time reflection of our nation’s status. It’s an expression of the liberty and justice for all towards which we strive. “Most of all, it is a pledge: a commitment. A promise that school professionals physically make and renew each day.”
Facing current education’s false head/heart dichotomy and with the concept of what it means to be a teacher – so stressed in recent years – now stretched to the breaking point, veteran educator Dina Strasser is searching for truths toward which she can strive.
