This post originally appeared on the blog Education with DocRunning. Okay, so let me be completely transparent here: I love maps. I have a huge National Geographic Atlas at home,…

Aaaaah. The grading essays burden of the English teacher. It’s a very real struggle, for sure…

English Language Learners are culturally as well as linguistically diverse. Understanding how cultural differences impact the conduct of your ELLs in your classroom will make you a more empathetic and effective teacher…

I have to admit that in the past, I haven’t been very good at implementing debate in the classroom. I get the idea in theory, but it always seemed to degenerate into a string of unsupported opinions and logical fallacies…

When I think about my goals as a teacher, I think about how I want to empower my students to go out into the world and think for themselves.  Creating independent, confident, life-long learners who aren’t afraid to try to new things is really the ultimate dream…