After teaching at an alternative middle school for the past 4 years, the one thing I constantly hear from new students is: “We can move around in your room and not get in trouble?

Students need to be allowed outside more often, and beyond just the playground—especially in areas where schools are the only green space.

I wanted to design a new project that could be about classes working together, communicating, and listening to each other.

It is widely accepted that digital tools and resources are vital to students’ success in the modern world. It is also widely believed that the only barrier to access is money.

Musicals form an important part of the arts, serving as powerful resources for student learning, engagement, and motivation.

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

Let’s begin with the realization that what we all inherently understand is indeed true: kids are different today than they were when we were younger. You hear this stated by colleagues and, if you’re like me, from your own mouth quite frequently. The fact is, they are.

I am Teacher. I can wear fifteen different hats on my head and not one of them from the same shop.

It has struck me over the past few years working with senior secondary school students that an ideal approach to guiding them through their academic year is to liken the student group to a sporting team that you are ‘coaching’ through to a successful season. For the past two and a half years, I have served as the Study Centre Supervisor and Academic Tutor [...]