The Learning School Teacher

I'm going to be realistic here and assume that the last thing many teachers want to do over their much needed break is read this blog. S...

I love kids. They call a spade a spade.  And (I like to think) they don't mean it to come across as nasty, or as a poke or a way to cut ...

Ok, I know that it's the end of the year and the last thing on the mind of most people is how to set up their room for next year. But I ...

Often when I think about taking risks, I'm referring to my students. I think about what that means for them. There is a fair amount of a...

I am freshly back from Niagara Falls.  (I know-and in the middle of the school year no less!)  I had a very spontaneous opportunity to go th...

You spend quite a bit of time at the beginning of the year preparing yourself and your students for the routines that you will expect to be ...

I was talking with a colleague today recently after school and we got onto the topic of "red flags". Usually, as teachers, we look...