I am a teacher in southern West Virginia, a region defined by stereotypes and hit hard by America’s opioid epidemic.

Over the years, I’ve developed the following steps to help myself remember the names of my students. These tips can be used by any type of teacher at any grade level.

Drama is far more than a performance-based art. It is a dynamic educational tool that improves students’ capacity to understand perspectives far removed from their own.

As curriculums move away from an emphasis on content to skills, the time is right to use that move as an opportunity to better serve introverts in school.

There is a world out there for which we are preparing our children, and that world includes people who identify as LGBTQ+.

I avidly recall a second grade class that would excitedly huddle around my rocking chair for story time. Students scrambled around sliding chairs to the carpet where I read heartwarming and sometimes zany tales, they reminded me that story time was counted among the most meaningful and cherished moments of a child’s day. Story time is a child’s portal into endless worlds, kingdoms, and dimensions.

Here is some helpful advice for educators just beginning the long journey to establishing a successful, effective technology classroom.

Students want to read stories that matter to them and, most of all, they want to see themselves reflected within the pages of their beloved comics.

Every year, almost every student says, “I suck at writing. I hate it.” I hear this phrase far more than “Hello,” “Thank you,” or even “Can I use the restroom?”