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

Ah, politics. Everywhere you turn, folks are questioning the qualifications and competencies of each of the current candidates for the … 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

The Major League Baseball season is underway, which seems a trivial point in the broad scheme of academics. Yet were … More

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

The Daring Escape of Henry “Box” Brown is making a reappearance in the January issue of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine. In … More

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

A couple of my fifth grade girls showed up at school today wearing Santa hats. “Santa hats?” I said. “We … More