You Fancy Me Mad?

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

Grades: Who Needs ’em?

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

Imagine saying the Pledge of Allegiance to a bright yellow flag featuring a coiled rattlesnake! The history of the flag…

In my school we’ve taken to referring to our state-of-the-art music room as the “Musicless Room.” Oh, it still says…

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

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

I told my students the best thing they could do for me for Teacher Appreciation Week is to stay home.…

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

Just as all television families seem to live in mini mansions, whenever TV-world students put on plays, the sets are…

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