The good thing is, this year, our students will be thirsty to know more about the world they live in.

I’ve been thinking of all the people who now look for connections from behind a screen. Can we still experience love this way?

But instead of thinking about how sad and unfortunate we all are to be in our positions, I’m trying the best I can to think about how much b

My school will start remote learning this Monday, and everyone is scrambling to find the best and easiest tools to make life easier.

As an English teacher, I’m always thinking about the power of language. But recently, I’ve been thinking about language and power. How...

July is here and its arrival makes me think of all those future teachers out there, stalking job websites and submitting online applications

I talk to my students about what I call "The 4 T's" of the college essay - topic, tone, theme, and time.

I’ve always known the resilience of children, but this year, as I watch, or imagine, my students graduate and go off into the world, I’ve n

I strongly believe that authentic narratives from my students are the most useful information to improve myself, more useful than profession

Children don’t compete on a level playing field in our country.

In my first few years of teaching, I remember feeling completely consumed by grading.

We become open-minded when ideas find us, not when we find them.

This is the hardest thing for any teacher. Take a very difficult and complicated topic and make it easy to understand.

If there’s one thing virtual teaching has taught me, it’s that less is more.

If we want students to be lifelong learners and readers, we need to make reading as fun and painless as possible.

Never before has it been so difficult to answer the question: How does it feel to graduate?

Any teacher knows the challenge of creating a healthy rhythm in class.

This is the magic of fiction. Depending on the story, the author must pick and choose what facts and thoughts the audience will know and not

During the last few weeks of school, I really sit back and listen.

This morning, as I listened to a song from Mikaela Davis, I thought, why not ask students to share their favorite song?

The podcast takes us back to oral epic poetry – it demands the mind’s attention just like a lengthy novel.

Over the years, I’ve discovered that there’s a fine line in the teaching of writing between convention and creativity.

It’s a good time to read and listen to poetry. It’s a very good time to write poetry.

I became a teacher to talk about literature, not to talk about grades and due dates and rubrics and expectations.