In my Standards-Based Grading post three weeks ago , Anon Y. Mous asked that I explain the rationale behind each of the core guidelines involved in the S.B.G. system. I think it’s a good suggestion and here is the ninth core guideline. Please comment Read More...

Jim Van Pelt is a wonderful blogger who can provide teaching tips and writing wisdom. Check out his blog and his author site . To miss his site is to deprive yourself of sage advice and insights. Go visit. Now. Posted in Uncategorized Read More...

Numerous methods are available to teachers when teaching vocabulary, and for quite some time I had a very difficult time teaching it. However, I focused on vocabulary acquisition during my masters work a couple years ago and have created new ways of teaching Read More...

When I received an e-mail stating that teachers work only “part-time” because of their “summers off,” I immediately chuckled and shook my head. How about we play a game I like to call Teacher Math? First, I will take the average Read More...

I previously posted about the possibility of losing more than one great teacher at my high school because of the administration, and now it’s official. Math Genius left and now Promising accepted a job just down the road. In a conversation with Read More...

I will post something new tomorrow, but right now I’m buried under a stack of diction analysis papers I want to finish. I think I’m going to watch Battlestar Galactica (geeking out, as I like to call it) and then crash. Good night, y’all Read More...

Recently I decided to include more music into my lessons. I started this with my American Literature courses (the College in the High School and mainstream classes), and my students have reacted quote favorably. Initially, I used The Who’s “Baba Read More...