The TYT Blog

From the Classroom

Stories, tips, and heartwarming moments for the teachers, parents, and kids who make school worth showing up for.

What Teachers Actually Want for Gifts (Hint: Not Another Starbucks Card)

We asked. They answered. The results were funny, a little heartbreaking, and extremely honest about that candle you gave in 2019.

Things Kids Have Actually Said About Their Teachers (And Why It Made Everyone Cry)

Unfiltered. Unscripted. Occasionally grammatically incorrect. Kids say the realest things about the people who shape them.

Teacher Appreciation Week 2026: The Complete Parent's Guide

May 5–9. What it actually is, what teachers actually want, and how to not end up panic-buying a candle at 10pm the night before.

Teachers deserve more than a gift card.

Join the waitlist. Be part of the first wave when we launch in Charleston for Teacher Appreciation Week.