When visiting classrooms, I often feel for introverts—those who prefer to work alone and gain strength from their own thoughts and ideas. Classrooms...
Written on a clay tablet, an ancient cuneiform letter of complaint is the world’s oldest such letter ever found. Cuneiform was an early writing...
“Why should there be only one teacher in class? Why not everyone teach and learn?”- Abhijit Sinha
India’s rural schools struggle with high rates...
Whenever I ask my daughters what they did in school, the answer is they generally took a test.
One day, they sighed and asked me if I had taken that...
Looking for a possible Interactive Notebook Activity to use with kids just before the holidays (or the week you return in the new year)?
Bonne...
“We create a mechanism or an environment made up of a few simple but clear rules. Within this context, the children are free to explore...
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report
Democratic innovation is a passion for Adam Cronkright because he believes “the dominant conception of...
With this being the time of year for the story, A Christmas Carol, it's a great opportunity to learn about its author, Charles Dickens. One of the...
As a teacher, do you know your state’s acceleration options for students? If you don’t, you’re not alone. In my experience, in the state of Florida,...
Learning that can excite learners to continue their work well beyond the school day sounds like the kind of exercise schools would want to...
1. In 2018, a Norway Spruce tree from Wallkill, NY, was selected as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. It is 72 ft. tall.
2. The tallest...
On December 1, 1955, a tired seamstress living in Montgomery, Alabama, made history. Rosa Parks was an African American woman who broke the law...
“Play-based activities and child-centric learning are critical to the success of the Second Chance program and to the program’s ability to cover...
Perhaps you will find this resource of interest to use with your students during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Ever wonder what became of the...
November is Thanksgiving time and most of us will be celebrating with a turkey dinner. Did you know that the Native American Indians were...
1. Over the years, many people took samples of Plymouth Rock. Today, it is now 1/3 the size it was during the time of the Pilgrims.
2. The...
A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CRAFT WISDOM...
I’m going to share a secret that took me way too long to learn… are you ready? Parents don’t care what the...
Virtually never addressed, this topic influences every aspect of one’s teaching career.
Office politics, or as I call it, the politics of teaching...
A fun way to show our Globally Interdependent World: Assign a partner and have the students check the labels on their tops to see where they are...
This year, 2018, Diwali or Deepavali, begins on November 6th and lasts for 5 days.
It's a happy time of year and is the biggest holiday in...