Certain buzz words and topics come and go in the arena of education. Currently, the word to know is STEM, the acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math.

The first steps a student takes after graduation are as critical as graduating itself. While some students have a clearly defined plan and purpose, many others do not.

It is imperative that teachers are aware of how their subject or subjects are vertically aligned from other grade levels, both below and above.

To succeed in the ELA classrooms of today, teachers must possess the ability to go way beyond subject area knowledge.

We don’t have to choose between structure and creativity. The best teaching lives in the in-between, where we follow a script, but we fill it with our stories, our students’ voices, and our classroom rhythms.

Do you remember the first time you entered the school library as a child? I do. There were books everywhere.

After teaching high school reading intervention courses for many years, I know that starting with a novel is a mistake—it’s too long. Instead, I use urban legends.

It's nice to think of the Internet as a wonderful invention that has made our lives both richer and more efficient. It's a nice notion and it's an accurate one—the Internet has changed our lives for the better. We can now communicate with people from all four corners of the globe. We can share, swap, and gain as much knowledge as we could ever want or need. There are no negatives associated with instant knowledge—or are there?

In my classes I use a team-structured, project-based approach to teach history and civics. It’s an approach that covers nearly all the bases.