Teaching is like riding a bicycle. Once you learn, you'll never forget. Writing a thorough lesson plan gets you up on that bike, rolling...

Flash back to 1983. I arrive, young and bright-eyed for my first day of teaching. What age group and subject(s) were you teaching?   I tau...

My class had a bit of back-to-school fun writing six-word selfies and publishing them Snapchat style. It was easy! I simply asked each child...

In two weeks, twenty-some bright and shiny faces will appear at the door of my fourth grade classroom, full of anticipation (and sadly, a li...

This year, I'm asking my students to read one nonfiction picture book each week. To make it more engaging, I decided to develop a choice...

"Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students, and enthusiastic parents with high expectations....

In teaching, nothing's written in stone. Our plans need to be adjusted for student needs. Creating solid standards-based units and le...