The Effects of RedforEd
The 2018-2019 school year started in a new era: post RedforEd. The painted cars, walk-ins, rallies, and walk-out of the…
Unforeseen Reality
An obvious epiphany occurred early in my first year of teaching: I am not going to be the teacher I…
Failure Is an Option
Their motions are similar: Wide-eyed, pupils darting from side to side, hands fidgeting, an upturn of a smile only to…
Data – Friend or Foe?
The beginning of a new school year is all about getting to know your new students, showing classroom procedures and…
Memorization is NOT a Four Letter Word
The start of a new academic year had materialized, and I decided to start it off right. I asked myself “What is…
Reflections on a Broken Teacher Cart
It was a few days after the school year had ended and I was in my classroom. I was working…
Stack Em Deep, Teach Em Cheap
Ask a parent a simple question; would you like your kid in a class with 25 kids or 37…
What is Your WHY?
It’s easy to give advice, but sometimes it’s hard to take it. Today, we are four weeks into the school…
Last Leaf to New Life
For Sonya Rashad I didn’t water the plants in front of my porch much last spring, and by June, the…
