This week Im thinking about how grateful I am for this incredible community - all the creative educators around the world who have tuned into an episode, shared an idea with a colleague, joined me in

In todays short episode of Highly Recommended, I want to recommend I read at Edutopia this week, because its chock-full of the research you need to support conversations at your school about grad

If youre a teacher in a Title I School, you need to know about First Book Marketplace. Ive heard about it in passing so many times, and this week I decided to dive in and figure out how it works.

This week, I want to talk about Sunday nights. If youre struggling to figure out how you can be a good partner, parent, person, and teacher, and it all seems to come to a head on Sunday nights, I wan

Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Eugene O'Neill get plenty of spotlight on the ELA curriculum stage. And sure, it's well-deserved! But they aren't the only incredible American playwrights to pic

This week I want to share a fabulous resource I recently discovered, a website full of short video models for acting games you can use in class. The first time I taught a play in class, I sure wished

My son and I love a few certain characters from the books we've read aloud over the years. Gum-Baby, from Tristan Strong, Boots, from Gregor the Overlander, Maniac Magee. For my daughter, it's Junie B

Grading discussion can feel like juggling cats. How can you be present in a class discussion while also trying to grade thirty peoples comments? But over the years, Ive tried three methods that that

Weve all been in a discussion hurtling off the track and into the canyon, far, far below. Chances are, youve been in this type of discussion as a student AND as a teacher, and its no fun in either

Remember in elementary school, how some kids were so excited to answer a question that they would wave their hand back and forth in the air, lifting ever so slightly from their seat? The Hermione Gran