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January 23, 2020 Dealing with Late Work

I still have nightmares about my high school planner. For such a small thing, that notebook caused me no end of grief throughout my four-year…

January 21, 2020 Picture Books that Inspire Change

As an elementary teacher, I have a great love for picture books. And as is the case for many early elementary teachers, picture…

January 12, 2020 Why Professional Development Fails

As a professional development provider, I obviously believe deeply in the virtues of PD. I think it’s nothing short of hypocritical to expect our…

January 7, 2020 What They Don’t Tell You in Teacher School

They don’t tell you that if you teach long enough—if you teach enough students and touch enough lives—then one day you’ll open the…

December 29, 2019 From Good to Great

I recently saw a post on social media asking people to share their favorite “good” movie of the year. Not great, just good. Some of…

December 26, 2019 The Smartest Person in the Classroom

You’ve probably heard that old proverb that the smartest person in the room isn’t a person at all, but rather the collective wisdom of the…

December 22, 2019 The Learning Illusion

I have vivid memories of attending math class during my freshmen year of high school. Not because the class was particularly interesting, or because I…

December 19, 2019 An iPhone in a Snowbank

The evening before leaving for vacation, my daughter unknowingly dropped her iPhone into the freshly falling snow near a friend’s driveway. For those of you…