This past August my district was blessed with almost two straight weeks of teacher work days before the first day of school. My calling...

It’s no secret that math is the most feared subject of most students. It can be confusing and incredibly boring. At least, I always...

If you could walk into a classroom from 50 years ago, I imagine it would look something like this: Wooden desks are aligned in tidy rows....

Picture that guy you know with very little general knowledge. Everyone knows one. He keeps you absolutely baffled. How is it possible...

I cannot ignore my deeply seeded concern for this latest of social phenomenons. When the teacher’s lounge conversation turned to the...

You don’t even have to be part of the education world to know what people think about common core math. It’s like suddenly everyone is an...

Here's the thing about teaching, it's not so much a job as it is a craft that you have to hone and perfect over many years. For most...

When I first started teaching, my behavior management was truly horrific. It actually physically pains me now to think about how chaotic...