Nine Ways to Prep for a Sub

1. Don’t! Ignore that cough. Cancel that meeting. Show up to class with a box of Kleenex and a bottle … More

Grow Some Neurons!

Many kids begin school already knowing how to read. They haven’t had formal lessons. Their parents haven’t been trained in … More

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

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