
Sydney Chaffee
Cognoscenti contributor
Sydney Chaffee is a high school humanities teacher at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston and the 2017 National Teacher of the Year. She is a member of the Boston chapter of Educators for Excellence.
Recently published
Commentary: Returning To The Classroom With A New Focus On Social And Emotional Learning
As an educator, I believe it’s my responsibility to make sure all of my students have the supports they need in school to grow into productive, thriving adults, writes 2017...

Rejecting The Myth Of The 'Super Teacher'
There is no such thing as the perfect student, classroom or teacher, writes Sydney Chaffee, National Teacher of the Year.