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TeachersPayTeachers has grown immensely over the last decade. Back when I first started using it as a secondary market for … More

The End of Standardized Tests?

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

Springfield, Oregon, has made national news for something other than being the birthplace of Bart Simpson. The Springfield School District … More

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

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

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

A guess you can qualify me as a “Vitamin D Addict.” This time of year, the sun is typically obscured … More

McKenna, one of my most “with-it” fourth graders, came up with a new concept I think is worth sharing here. … More

With Black History Month upon us, two bits of news caught my eye last week: the State of South Carolina … More

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