To my fellow public school teachers, As you are aware, there is a vacancy for Secretary of Education in President Trump’s cabinet that should not be filled by his current leading applicant, who is grossly unqualified to serve. I know you are busy educating today’s youth for tomorrow’s future, but I invite you all to email…
I would like to personally thank each and every person who read my post last week that expressed my concerns about Common Core English. My regular teaching blog, which is normally a mode of sharing teaching strategies (and read by a handful of people), turned political last week for the first time. An edited version…
Below, in jargon-free, acronym-free terms, is my list of what I consider to be the worst of the worst with Common Core English. Source: The Seven Deadly Sins of the Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Fair warning: This is not my usual type of post, but I hope you get inside my heart for a little while and get inspired. I wrote the majority of this post 2.5 years ago. I think I’m ready to share it now that I’ve got my inner Meredith back. This is the last day…
So, here’s my dirty little secret: I secretly envy those teachers who have perfectly straight rows, neatly arranged rooms with nothing out of place, and really quiet students. These are the kind of teachers who are strict disciplinarians…the kind of teachers whose kids don’t even breathe without permission. Sometimes I wish, even if only for…
Every experienced ELA teacher has felt that moment of utter frustration when he or she realizes that very few students completed their homework or students completed it but cheated. This is especially true for those dreaded spelling or vocabulary worksheets — the boring, but necessary — or are they? I have recently experienced much success…
It’s Lit Time! 