Pomegranate beginnings

Last week, Rachel posted her thoughts on retakes for assignments/quizzes/exams. Her post got some great responses and questions, and, since...

As a once over-achieving (okay, currently too. I need A's to live, okay?) student, my first instinct when I heard of teachers institutin...

I think every teacher starts a new year with goals, for both him/herself and his/her students. I am no exception. My biggest goal this year ...

Well, it's that time of year again: curriculum (or parent) night is slowly rolling around for each of us. I don't know about you, bu...

Over the past four or five years, I've been feeling beat up as a teacher. If I watch almost any news station, I find teachers blasted fo...

Two days until the kiddos arrive. Today I am working on their second vocab quiz, based on the 50 Most Important Latin Verbs list I have, as ...

Following Bob Patrick's advice in his presentation on the No Failure Classroom, I skipped all the websites, articles, and blogs on stude...