I've been a teacher my whole life. Just ask my cousins and my poor little sister about the days when I forced them to play school with m...

They probably meant well.  It seems flattering at first blush, being called a superhero.  It implies that I'm special, someone who handl...

  I still love teaching. Helping kids find their way in something they're trying to learn, getting to know the future generations as peo...

Note: This post first appeared on my teaching blog a week ago, but I felt strongly enough to seek a wider audience for these thoughts. Apol...

  The Practical Pedagogue: Things I Learned Today: Starting the Schoolyear di... :  1. It's easier with the students I already know than...

Welcome to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's t...

This month I'm writing one post for each letter of the alphabet, all on the theme of "Letters to Dead Writers." You can see...

We had a school holiday on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There are only a few Americans who stand high enough in our country...

Ah, another year over and what have you done? Well, I completed my twenty-first year as a teacher, and, is often the case when I'm finis...

It's April and you know what that means:  The AtoZ Blogging Challenge ! For those who haven't played along before, the AtoZ Bloggi...

I'm a goal-setting sort of gal. I'm motivated by lists, challenges with specific outcomes, daily habits. They are promises to myself...

It's a running joke in my writing critique group that the NSA or anyone else spying on us would think us very dangerous peopl...

I've been feeling that compassion is sorely lacking in the world around me of late, so I was thrilled to learn of this hashtag movement ...

http://beben-eleben.tumblr.com/post/101757992388 This word came across my tumblr feed via my lovely daughter. It was one of a lis...

I have a lot to learn. Sure, I've learned a lot in my first forty-odd years here on planet Earth, but in any endeavor that matters, I ...

Education is a messy business, and I'm not just talking about the paint smears and glue incidents.  No. Education is messy in that i...

For a week when I wasn't working, I was working a lot this week, so I didn't read as much as I would have preferred. I did read ...