Text Books vs Read Aloud Plays

Admit it. You’re using one of those big fat textbooks to teach reading, one of those monstrosities brought to you … More

Why You Should End the Year with Algebra

I think much of what I know about teaching, about kids, about life itself, I learned from Spanky and Our … More

This time last year I admitted to a high degree of frustration when it comes to standardized testing. It drives … More

The good people of America have some misconceptions about teaching. Planning for a lesson, they believe, is as easy as … More

The Major League Baseball season is underway, which seems a trivial point in the broad scheme of academics. Yet were … More

I’m told school districts around the country are investing millions of dollars into iPads and other online devices. The idea … More

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic short story, The Birth-mark, the main character becomes obsessed with his beautiful wife’s one and only … More

As part of its Black History Month celebration, Scholastic publishers is offering my most oft-published play for free. I Have … More

Imagine if we tested prospective drivers the way we test our students for reading fluency. Instead of mumbling to the … More

I’ve heard horror stories. There’s one about a federal official who caught a band teacher photocopying sheet music. The school … More