13
Dec
2019
Handling the Holiday Stress
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The holidays are always stressful. Sure, the lights, music, and celebration can be fun, but there’s no denying it also takes a... Read More
9
Dec
2019
Who Asks More Questions? Anyone? Anyone?
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There’s an infamous scene in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off where a bland, monotoned teacher tries to explain a piece of... Read More
29
Nov
2019
Empathy Gets a Promotion
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Good teachers change the way their students think. Great teachers change the way their students live. But, how do you make this... Read More
20
Nov
2019
Why Kids Are Like Bacteria
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If you’re a teacher, you know that kids are an awful lot like bacteria. I mean, of course, that if you give... Read More
15
Nov
2019
Creating an Empowering Classroom for Special Needs Students
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A few days ago, my colleagues and I received some exciting news: one of our students had just published a book! As... Read More
28
Oct
2019
Helping Students with Dyslexia: 3 Strategies for Academic Success
I once heard it said that the most important man in history was Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press. While... Read More
1
May
2019
PBL: Getting Started & the Amazing Things You Can Expect
I’m all about tradition—those cherished practices, beliefs, and rituals passed down from one generation to another. Maybe for you that would be... Read More
3
Oct
2018
3 Common Math Practices that Need to Die (And What You Can Replace Them With)
Our education system is full of instructional dinosaurs, activities that we do simply because they’ve always been done, for decades, and we... Read More