Making Time to Read: All the Things I Don’t Do

The question I probably get asked most often, right after, “Wow–12th grade. How do you do that?” and “How can … More

9 Tips to Help You Stay in Your Teaching Career

The statistics for teachers are glum: over 50 percent of teachers quit in their first five years. Now, I realize … More

One of my favorite parts of my job is meeting with students to help them with their writing. Writing, in … More

One important classroom discussion skill is learning to call classmates by name. Although many of my students have been in … More

As I’ve probably stated way too many times now, my classes are pretty large. To manage large class sizes and … More