As timing would have it, Harper Lee died just after my Freshmen completed their study of To Kill a Mockingbird. My class decided to create a tribute to Harper Lee and hung it in our school’s hallway. The students included their reactions to Harper Lee’s work, a connection they made to the Scottsboro boys, a writing describing why we should… Read More
I recently attended a conference and was shown the video “How Youth Learn: Ned’s Gr8 8”. This video is based on researched backed findings on how the teenage brains functions. I found this video to be a great reminder of all the great things we as teachers are doing in our classroom. It is also a reminder of the things… Read More
This week my Facebook account has been inundated by the recent NPR article “Hey, New Teachers, It’s Okay to Cry in Your Car“. Many of my teacher friends have been responding to the article’s message – that October and November are notoriously hard for new teachers to get through and that an astounding one in ten teachers don’t make it… Read More
