26 Jul Breaking Bad: Will Walter White’s Tale Remain Fiction for Today’s Youth?
As the hit AMC show Breaking Bad prepares to end its run this August, it is easy to see what made the show so compelling. In addition to the stellar...
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26 Jul The Myth That Teachers Get Summers Off — Debunked
Every kid looks forward to summer. You stay up later, sleep in, swim, and go to camp all day long. There's no homework or tests, and your family takes that...
24 Jul If I Could Change One Thing About Our Education System It Would Be…
A plethora of important issues regarding public education vie for attention today. This makes it difficult to choose one thing that I, as a veteran teacher, would change to improve...
22 Jul Math Matters: Why Our Students Must Not Fall Behind
Thirty years ago, we learned from the report A Nation At Risk: the Imperative for Educational Reform that American students lagged far behind their international peers on a number of benchmarks. The findings...
19 Jul Op-Ed: We Are in Desperate Need of More Male Elementary School Teachers
Early in my career, before I was married, I admit that I enjoyed all the comments and attention that came with being a male elementary school teacher. "Awww, that's so...
16 Jul The Ultimate Teacher-Approved Summer Learning Guide
We are at the halfway point of summer and now is a great time to take advantage of the wonderful learning opportunities offered during the break. No longer constrained by the...