Picture this: It's a hectic morning and you have approximately 30 seconds to use the bathroom, heat up your coffee, and check your mailbox before the students start trickling barging in for the day. And then you see it. Little Michelle's birthday is today. And instead of ...
Read More
Fresh From the Blog
Homework Is Terrible, Spread the Word
If I had to pick a teaching soapbox, homework would be mine. It's bad for kids, yet it still exists in way too many schools.
And look--I get it.
Change is an inevitable constant in life--always has been, always will be. It's funny, then, that change still has the power ...
Read More
4 Ways The Magic Number Will Transform Your Classroom
The Magic Number is all about value. As teachers, we value a lot of things. Special pens, our favorite pad of sticky notes, and our 12 minutes of lunch. But the hottest commodity in teaching is time: precious, precious time. Losing even a minute of time doing something ...
Read More
Assessments + What To Do With The Other Kids
Assessments in the classroom take time. Which, to be honest, presents a problem during back-to-school season.
Let's start with a little math problem, shall we? We will assume the average class size is 25 students. In years past, I completed these assessments during the ...
Read More
Back to School: The Good, The Bad, + The Ugly
Listen up. Back to school season has always been a favorite of teachers all over the world, but we'd be lying to ourselves if we didn't acknowledge the challenges that also come along with this exhilarating, exhausting time. The first two weeks of school is the hardest part ...
Read More
Meet the Teacher: Alyssa [Kindergarten + ESL Teacher]
You know when you meet a teacher and you think to yourself, "Wow, I would have LOVED to be in her class when I was younger." Well, meet Alyssa. Her enthusiasm and genuine love for teaching is so contagious, I bet your screen will glow with warmth as you read about her ...
Read More