Earth Day, like other nationally recognized days, should serve as a launching point into integrating that day’s beliefs and values into your day. Earth Day, I have to admit, has been the easiest of these days to make a part of my life. Since I was little, I was very interested in the environment, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone does better in their learning when they have an example to follow. And, like so many other parts of life these days, that example comes from the classroom. As a big advocate of saving the environment (really who shouldn’t be?) I have the top 6 ways to help make that example of change start […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The educational author, Jonathan Kozol writes how there is value in having a classroom filled with work from all students [look at me, using the word ‘work’ Alfie Kohn would be so upset]. I completely agree. But for me, knowing how to fill my classroom is an internal struggle. I always wanted each child to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bullying has been in the news more than usual these past few weeks; and for good reason. An Irish immigrant was bullied to death, so much that the girl who was being terrorized by her peers committed suicide because she just couldn’t take it anymore. Another girl, who was not allowed to attend her own […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
