Throughout my years of teaching, I’ve discovered that students are often more eager to read and discuss horror stories than other material.

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.

As a Caribbean immigrant educator, I have had to adapt to the United States in several ways—racially, socially, and academically.

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

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.

When our school received the news that our principal had passed from a private battle with brain cancer, it shook the staff, students, and entire community to the core.

I'm an author of math books, which may sound like a dry job, but that’s exactly why I do it. It’s my goal to show kids that math can be fun (and funny!)

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.

The first six weeks of a new school year are essential. In middle school classrooms, those weeks are not just a warm-up. Rather, they are the foundation on which the entire school year is built.