Month: June 2018
The Principals of Speed Dating
Even though it’s been a handful of years since I was a classroom teacher, or even since I’ve been to the building in which I began my career, I still […]
Teach Like It’s The 21st Century
In the beginning there were desks. There was a chalkboard. There was a podium. There were students in rows, pencils at the ready, notebooks opened, and a sage on the […]
Write the Real, Not the “Real”
Write the real. Notice there are no quotation marks around the word "real" in that first sentence; it's because the words that should go down on paper are those that […]
When the Sidewalk Never Ends
I don't remember how old I was when my mom brought home a copy of Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends, but I know it’s the first book of poems […]