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Melissa (from Reading and Writing Haven) and I decided to tackle building professional relationships within schools. I’ve blogged for years about my ideas – always with the caveat that these…

Weight training… taught me about teaching? It did. For my birthday last year, my husband asked me what I wanted. He almost bought me a purse, but he wasn’t sure.…

Building an online presence as an educator? Great, welcome! Teachers collaborate on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and with blogs. What you post as an educator and what you post on a…

Senior pranks convey the wrong message about our school system. I don’t consider dress-up days (Hawaiian shirts) or matching bracelets senior pranks. Those activities are typically coordinated with the school,…

Teachers deal with educational naysayers. Their responses can shape how the public perceives teachers and the public school system.  Public education has a situation that exists simple from its arrangement.…

Use the textbook and its accompanying activities? I do too. Welcome to “This or That,” a monthly chat where the authors of Reading and Writing Haven and Language Arts Classroom…

Use a worksheet as a teacher? I do.  Teachers, they get bombarded with messages, with trends. Education faces waves of best practices, of new ideas, fresh implementations. Without thinking for…

Things teachers do all summer? It’s probably unromantic.  Spring break is over, and the countdowns are on for the end of the school year. This can only mean one thing;…