Hazell, J. (2017, July 28). The Impossibility of Negativity: An Affirmation from Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year – EdSurge News.

It can be tempting to focus on the negative when faced with the challenges of teaching, asserts Jon Hazell, a high-school science teacher and Oklahoma’s 2017 Teacher of the Year. In this commentary, he shares how — and why — he focuses on the positive.