iTeach and iLearn

Why do teachers give homework? I was a middle school classroom teacher for the first eleven years of my teaching practice. The longer I ta...

Great online curriculum resource to share with you here: PBS LearningMedia. A selection, just for examples: (with suggested grade levels) ...

The Thinker by Rodin Those of you who read my blog regularly may have noticed by now that I often include statements like, "I'...

It is common practice for teachers to calculate grades for their students by "averaging." That is, teachers add up the points stu...

This year marks my 15th as an educator. Some things about my teaching practice have changed dramatically over that time; I'm the sort wh...

The idea of assigning a letter as a means of measuring a student's learning is really kind of crazy if you think about it. The trouble...

U2 Image by Wikipedia Brown CC BY 2.5 Okay, short rant here: I really, really dislike the term "Rock Star Teachers." If y...