Overview Our first lesson was an opportunity to take the STEM lab outdoors and launch our model rockets while studying forces in motion. This…
Every two years the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is given to about 600,000 students across the country by the National Center for…
Let’s be honest: dating sucks. And, may I say, it has a particular way of sucking for those of us in the teaching…
Well, Career & Technical Education Month is upon us. And, as it happens, last week I was visiting the website for the guidance department…
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching. For many classrooms, that means a party where too much sugar is digested, and little paper cards get traded…
It’s that time of year. You know the one I mean. The excitement of the start of the school year has passed, the holiday…
Martin Luther King Jr. day falls on Monday, January 21st this year. I have lived in Charlottesville, Virginia for the last four years, and…
What is green, adorable and floats three feet above the ground? You know it! It’s everyone’s new favorite sci-fi celebrity from the Star Wars…
As teachers, we are locked into a cycle of learning… teaching… more learning… more teaching. Have you ever noticed how very often the typical, boring…
The dreaded flu season has crept into our classrooms once again. Kids have already begun sneezing and coughing, signaling my need to ready my…