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Teacher in a Strange Land
TLDR
Warm, wry and unapologetically pro-public-school. Flanagan connects classroom reality — band camp, colleagues, community — to the wider political moment without ever preaching to the choir.
Retired music teacher and former Michigan Teacher of the Year Nancy Flanagan writes about public education, teaching, democracy and civic life — twenty years of blogging, including nine years as Education Week's 'Teacher in a Strange Land'.
Visit teacherinastrangeland.blog ↗- Best for
- Teachers who want a seasoned, humane voice on public education and civic life
- Audience
- Teachers · Parents · School Leaders
- Grade band
- All K-12
- Last reviewed
- October 28, 2026