Pomegranate beginnings

Yesterday evening I gave a three-minute "comment" at my board meeting to try to make a case for protecting students, staff, and fa...

Where do I start with this? Right now it is cool for a summer evening on account of the storms that are rolling through. The sun is setting ...

I just returned from ACTFL, where I celebrated languages and cultures from all over the world along with another 8500 teachers. I returned ...

Dear Congressman or Congresswoman; Dear Mr. President; Dear Bill and Melinda Gates; Dear Arne Duncan; Dear Anyone Who Has Touched and Impact...

One of the struggles I've had this year in my CI classroom, in which we are untextbooking, is covering history and culture. These things...

     Back in November I sent a letter to my governor's office. I anxiously awaited for a response from him and got one shortly after. ...

I am 27 years old and have never missed an election. I consider the "right" to vote a responsibility and it is one that I take ver...

Let me open by saying that I have read a lot of Stephen Krashen's work (but not nearly all of it!) and I find inspiration in his writing...

As an experiment, I decided right before school started this year to start keeping track of the hours I spend on school.  I wrote about this...

I have been keeping track of my hours this year. Not just the hours I am supposed to be on the clock and in the classroom, though of co...