TLN actively engages its members in collegial, professional and pluralistic discourses to facilitate and enrich the professional and personal ethos of our network. Through seminars, workshops, lectures, forums, courses, publications and other mediums, we provide a bottom-up, community-centered and cooperative organization, focused on thoughtful, practical and reflective habits of mind. We advocate for local, state, and national change in schools that support equitable, effective and grounded teaching and learning without excessive government corporate intrusion. And, we petition and articulate for the significantly increasing public investment in public education K-College in The United States and seek the dissolution of unfunded government mandates in public schools. 

We come together to discuss, share and solve our commonly held education problems, questions and share our achievements. We meet in person and online for seminars, group discussions, panel discussions and workshops. We have held events focused on: teacher burnout, problematic student behavior, curriculum development, high-stakes testing, holistic assessment, teacher licensure, standards-based instruction, competency-based grading, gender and racial bias in schools, safe and healthy working conditions, effective instructional strategies, material selection, education technology, mindfulness, the organization of schools, school culture and leadership development. The group's primary goal is to support our members through strengthening our connections, sharing our resources, passing along advice and making new connections.