Accepting My Stutter Made Me a Better Teacher
Stuttering is a hidden disability that affects 3% of adults and up to 9% of children. With numbers like these it is likely most teachers will at some point encounter a student ...
Classroom Perspectives
Science Fairs: The Missing Piece of the Education Puzzle
I have always been interested in building things from scratch, so when I first heard about my school's science fair club while in 7th grade, I signed up immediately.
Teaching in The Year of COVID: A Reflection
I teach at the largest campus in my town with class sizes as large as 40+ students per period. When I think about what my classes will look like on campus with the current ...
How Technology Improved Student Achievement in My Art Class
Disciplinary problems were high, student achievement was low, and so was my patience. I knew I couldn’t do this again the following year, so I decided to change my approach. ...
Starting a Rubik’s Cube Club
Are you interested in improving student engagement with your English Language Learner (EL) students? Here’s an idea that I tried at my elementary school that was both fun and ...
Talking to Young Students About George Floyd
I search, “How to talk to kids about police violence.” “Talking to children about racialized violence.” I know experts say children are never too young to talk about race, but ...
The Benefits of Large Print Books
I thought they would be good for students with visual impairments and some of our struggling and striving readers. I had no idea how many regular education students would ...
Engaging Autistic Students with the Arts
The saying goes, “If you’ve met one individual with autism, you’ve met one.” As one person on the Autism spectrum may be highly verbal, another maybe non-verbal. As one may ...
Using Urban Legends to Engage Struggling Readers
After teaching high school reading intervention courses for many years, I know that starting with a novel is a mistake—it’s too long... Then I tried Urban Legends...
Collaborating In A School With No Library
Do you remember the first time you entered the school library as a child? I do. There were books everywhere.