How to Swipe a Free Play Part 2

A few weeks ago I blogged tongue-in-cheek about swiping reader’s theater scripts through nefarious means, so I thought I’d follow … More

5 Ways to Swipe a Free Play

I’m sure you remember those big FBI warnings at the beginning of our old VHS movies. Aren’t you glad the … More

While digging around for something to write about this week I stumbled upon a transcript from a pretty cool podcast … More

My plays often make return appearances in Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine, such as The Daring Escape of Henry “Box” Brown this … More

The Common Core requires that we teach students to “evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event … More

Ah, politics. Everywhere you turn, folks are questioning the qualifications and competencies of each of the current candidates for the … More

No doubt you’ve had kids ask, “Why do we need to know this stuff?” In my classroom, we spend a … More

The Daring Escape of Henry “Box” Brown is making a reappearance in the January issue of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine. In … More

Women soldiers? It’s not so unusual in 2015, but back in the 18th century, the very idea would have drawn … More

I can gripe with the best of ‘em, and every year the teaching profession seems to provide plenty of new … More