Education

November is an important annual opportunity to pause and reflect on the rich cultural heritage, enduring traditions, and profound contributions of America’s indigenous peoples. As a teacher with Apache tribal heritage, I created this list of Native American Heritage Month...

Are Sunday NFL games your preferred way to close a weekend before you’re back in the classroom on Monday morning? Or do you watch the games so that you have something to talk about with your more sports-minded students? Either...

Winter brings the calmness of snow flurries and cozy days by the fire … oh, who are we kidding? Winter shenanigans, excitement, and chaos are what our students are all about! Calm the excitement with belly laughs from some of...

Kids say the darndest things. They also say the most brutally honest things. They’ll say things that make you tip your head to one side out of confusion, like a dog. Not to mention the casual, devastating observations that will...

One of the biggest tasks we have as teachers is building a safe classroom community. Starting on the first day of school, we build classroom and community rules, talk about what it means to be a good friend/classmate, and discuss...

Short stories are a perfect teaching tool for middle schoolers. They’re quick, fast-paced, and pack a punch with lots of action and drama. And because they require less time to read, they’re an easy way to expose your students to...

If it’s not your current teacher nightmare, it will soon become your teacher nightmare: going all-out for Halloween or spirit day in full costume … only to arrive at school and realize no one else is in costume. That’s right....

Listen, I love and believe in positivity. My peppy ’90s female artist playlist on Spotify can get me out of the deepest of funks. I can cheer myself up by browsing a note I keep on my phone of stories...

I teach high school, so when I get a gift from a student and their family, I’m fully screaming, crying, throwing up (as the kids say). I know that it sounds cliché, but I really mean it when I say...

Comparing and contrasting is one of those skills that students develop as they learn more about the world, read more widely, and get curious about everything from outer space to animals in a coral reef. As students learn about more...