I spent Christmas Day looking at directions. After my boys opened their presents, I helped one assemble his new Lego set.   We worked stea...

Other educators have responded far more eloquently to the shootings at Sandy Hook, but here's what I gave to each student after they fin...

Just about the time I was finishing up a month-long Transcendentalists unit with my juniors, Jen P shared Jim Burke's video (see Jen P...

I’m in the midst of a dystopian unit I’ve taught before and I’m realizing how much my lessons are changing in order to meet the CCSS. I’ve t...

So at some point in the CCSS webinar from two weeks ago, the presenters said that page 7 of the introduction was one of the most import...

So I saw this tweet from the amazing Jim Burke: 11/17/12, 6:14 AM Thanks to all those at #NCTE12 who have...

Clearly I am lagging far, far behind Jen P, who has provided lots of fodder for thought in the past few entries. Rolling out a new set of s...