In 2020, education merged with home life like never before when parents everywhere were asked to collaborate with teachers to accomplish schooling at home.…
Every year it gets worse! My students are coming to me with lower and lower reading and writing abilities, and worse yet, less and…
As a teacher, I know that I work hard to help my students succeed- in fact, sometimes it feels like I earned their grade…
How often have you been at the end of a lesson, ready to bring it home – and the bell suddenly rings! No time…
Nikki Ferringo, Global History, Highland Park Middle School, Highland Park, NJ I realize that at this moment, we are living in history that is…
Source: GoComics In my last blog, I suggested teachers start the summer by slowing down and embracing the present. And I meant it. I hope you…
Maybe you were at a club, fist bumping, throwing back drinks when you shouted the question over the music to your future partner: “what…
My Burnout Stories Twice in my life I have experienced teacher burnout so intensely that I came to the conclusion I could not continue…
Hanging on the wall in my classroom is a poster featuring the following quote by writer Jhumpa Lahiri: “That’s the thing about books. They…
As we roll into summer and say goodbye to one of the strangest and most trying school years in recent memory, it’s time to…