5 Questions Parents Should Ask Schools
I receive a ton of questions every time I talk to parents about their children’s educational experiences. Our conversations happen in person, through email, in private
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#TeachingParents: De-stress Homework Time
The Deal with Homework Homework is a word that evokes a myriad of flashing images and emotions in our minds. Memories of endless worksheets, pencil
Student Behavior & Teacher Classroom Management
Between the internet and your neighborhood bookstore, there is no shortage of information on how to manage a classroom. Thousands upon thousands of words that
#TeachingParents Summer Learning Activities for Home
Summer is here, which means thousands of children are at home getting into everything. School is just a quickly fading memory, and learning (while occurring
Making K-12 Online Learning an Option
What do you know about K-12 online education? Are you a proponent, opponent, indifferent, or uninformed? I’ll be honest and say that many of the conversations
Teaching “Tough” Students
Empathy matters when it comes to teaching “tough” students. Often times, these students have built layers of separation between authority figures and themselves as a
Learning Without Love
Do students need to like their teachers in order to learn, or are we creating conflict management issues for students down the line?
Needed: More Critical Readers & Thinkers
If there’s anything that my engagement on social media has shown me, it’s the vastness of adult Americans who lack critical reading and thinking abilities. Initially, I wanted
Free & Easy Online Tech for Assessing Your Student’s Mastery
Essays. Quizzes. Reports. Q/As. Tests. Let’s face it. As teachers, we get tired of grading the same types of work. As parents, we get tired
Designing Your Student’s Curriculum
You’re responsible for teaching your student or child a particular concept, but you’re finding that the curriculum (workbooks, internet resources, district-provided tools, etc.) isn’t meeting the
