Understanding fractions can be quite difficult for some of our kids. Number lines have always been effective tools to teach different operations like addition, subtraction, and multiplication. These trusty lines also come in handy when…

When I am talking about my students and higher order thinking, I am talking about the ability to use critical thinking skills to transfer their knowledge in order to solve a problem…

Teaching kids can be challenging. There are only so many hours in the day and the list of things that need to get taught and completed each day can be daunting. As directors of chaos (aka: classroom teachers), we need our students to be…

What if every teacher had the right tools to do this job? What if we all had a hard drive full of current, relevant, rigorous lessons? What if we were treated like professionals and not expected to dig into our own (meager) paychecks to supply those tools…

Before I became a Special Ed teacher, one of the many jobs I had was working at a non-profit with young adults who had cognitive disabilities. These clients were 17-22 year olds who were transitioning into their first jobs. At the time, the vocational materials I found were written with…