When I was teaching high school English, I discovered how much I enjoyed teaching writing and how much I actually enjoyed writing. But as a teacher, I didn’t really have an outlet for that creativity. So I started this…
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I have slacked on teaching poetry this year. Big time. As in, we’ve barely even glanced at poetry. I knew that had to change during these last few weeks of school, so I started doing some research. Thanks to…
Have you ever noticed that our educational system expects ambition from our students but not from our teachers? We want students to have drive, to strive for more, to dream big, but when a teacher dreams big (especially if…
Spring break is over. Today is the last day and I’m just not ready to go back. I could use at least another week (who’s with me?!). Despite my sadness at the winding down of this lovely time off,…
Did you know that experts say a classroom library should have at least 20 books per student? Even for just one class of juniors, that’s almost 600 books! Need We all know that reading is vitally important. Kids need…
My favorite blog posts and articles from the week of June 5-9.…
I always feel as though I’m standing on a precipice at the beginning of a new year. The view is beautiful, idyllic even, but it was a journey to get here, and there will be an arduous journey to return to where…