My head’s so big you can see it from the moon. Seriously. It barely fits a size 7 3/4 size hat. And now, thanks to reading Angela Buzan’s recent post, Arguing with Sandy Merz, it’s swollen beyond comprehension. And not
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Substitute Teachers: Any Warm Body Will Do?
Every teacher knows that a good substitute teacher is like a shiny, gold treasure. These amazing human beings float into our classrooms to take care of our students while we’re absent. Ideally, I want a guest teacher who follows my
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Why I Will Wear #REDforED
I will wear red tomorrow, Wednesday, March 7, because I am a professional, and I deserve to be paid like one. I refuse to say “I’m not in it for the money,” because I pay my bills with this paycheck,
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Why our Kids Benefit From the Cop at our School
School safety has been on the forefront of all of our minds. Without our schools being safe places, students simply cannot learn. There have been a bevy of ideas, some more grounded in reality than others, about how to make
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The Reset Button: Why We Need to Experience Failure to Reach Success
My husband, Tyler, plays video games when he has a free moment on the weekends. While I have no desire to pick up an XBox controller, I mindlessly listen while grading a stack of papers or finishing a chore as
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Sacrificing for Students
On March 2nd, “CBS This Morning” took their national audience inside the Arizona classroom. The banner underneath had a very powerful statement, “Sacrificing for Students.” This was an interesting Twitter post for me, as I was reading it while sitting
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Arguing with Sandy Merz: The Importance of Dissent
The government should fund prisons more than they fund schools. Teachers work far fewer days than other professionals. Culturally Responsive teaching is awkward. Teachers don’t make half of the decisions the experts claim they do. Yep, he wrote those. Sandy
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Living Monuments
In my classroom, the motto “Duty, Honor, Country” is displayed on my wall. Many of my students about two months into the school year ask me what gives with the motto? The biggest question I get is what kind of
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African American Influence on U.S. Government
African American Influence on U.S. Government As February winds down, let’s remember that the celebration of African American influence does not have to end. In honor of this, we will take a look at some of the ways that
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