One of the greatest things my mother ever did for me was regularly take me to the public library when…
Summer Furlough
Seven years ago I assigned my fifth grade class a task called Letter to Myself at Graduation. “I want your…
Talk Like a Russian Day
“Talk Like a Russian Day” was a big hit in my classroom. Though it coincided with certain political events, there…
April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day
The Major League Baseball season’s Spring Training is underway, which seems a trivial point in the broad scheme of academics.…
Checkbooks & Taxes
While digging around for something to write about this week I stumbled upon a transcript from a pretty cool podcast…
It’s Not Too Late to Celebrate Black History Month!
My plays often make return appearances in Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine, such as The Daring Escape of Henry “Box” Brown this…
Pairing Picture Books & Plays for Black History Month
The Common Core requires that we teach students to “evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event…
New Plays and Product Updates
TeachersPayTeachers has grown immensely over the last decade. Back when I first started using it as a secondary market for…
I Dare You.
I concede I don’t know much about the organization Teach.org, but I absolutely love this video they’ve released. It challenges…
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…
