Odds Are…
There was an opinion piece published last month in Harpers, a well-known magazine titled “Abolish High School”. High school, the…
Growing Student Leaders
This year we have looked at ways to increase leadership roles and opportunities for our students. One role we created…
Teacher Eval: Liberace or the Kid Next Door?
A quality evaluation is a beginning; a useless one, an end. That’s the conclusion I draw from a quote by…
Everyday (and Every Day) Teacher Leadership
This year, I have been participating in the second pilot year of the Teacher Leadership Initiative. This program is a…
Paying It Forward
As a special education teacher, one of my important responsibilities includes writing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for students. IEPs are educational…
Accountability: The Crushing Weight of It All
Everywhere I turn today, “accountability” is suffocating the life out of schools, teachers, and administrators. Accountability looms large in high-stakes…
A Choice and a Voice
People do not care about public education! That was the message that many Arizonan educators received back in November as…
Want Creativity? Scrap the Tests.
Despite the stereotype that teachers spend the last few weeks showing movies, I find the opposite to be true at…
Where Did My Humor Go?
I was so proud of my very first Stories From School blog. It shed light on an interesting subject, related…
