Perhaps the Most Important Thing You’ll Teach This Year

It’s not my aim to be political, but no matter one’s affiliation, it’s hard to deny that racial tension has … More

Teaching Grit & Resilience

Some of my colleagues were complaining recently that kids today don’t have much in the way of grit, meaning that … More

We’ve been seeing it for the last year or so: the education pendulum on the verge of swinging. Standardized testing, … More

That you’re visiting my blog tells me you’re most likely already a fan of reader’s theater, so I needn’t tell … More

When seven-year-old Kelsey Drake stepped to the microphone, she hesitated. Perhaps she felt nervous about presenting her writing before such … More

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

Perhaps many of you have figured this stuff out long ago. Me, after nearly 25 years of teaching, I recently … More

This week I just want to say THANK YOU to all you FANTASTIC teachers who have used Read Aloud Plays … More

Fairies waving candied wands… Goblins drooling chocolate malt… Halloween has such a bizarre place in our classrooms. In my school … More

How do you grade a play? I read an article recently about the merits of “gradelessness” in the classroom. It … More