Undeserving 11 Apr 2011 | 08:25 am

Tomorrow I begin the fourth academic quarter of my first full year teaching. Hopefully, by the summer I will have been offered a continuing contract with my district, acquiring at least a small measur...

Counterintuitive Discovery 22 Sep 2009 | 11:34 am

Today I taught a lesson that went horribly wrong. I was being observed by my cohort leader, so I was already nervous, but some additional time constraints made me feel very rushed. As the lesson progr...

Everything's in Motion 15 Sep 2009 | 04:50 am

Today we had an assembly sposored by Honneywell and NASA about Newton's laws of motion. The presenters used hip hop, humor, and interactive displays to keep the kids involved. I'll give a more detaile...

My Education, My Future 9 Sep 2009 | 09:07 pm

Just watch it.

Excuse Me..But Your Question has an Open End 9 Sep 2009 | 12:17 pm

I inadvertently sat in on what turned out to be a rather clever little lesson on open-ended questions. While I still think that name could be retooled a bit, the demonstration itself was quite useful,...

Let the Testing Begin 3 Sep 2009 | 05:01 am

Three days into the first week of school and already we're talking about state testing. Within the first two months of school, our students will spend 5 days, a full school week, taking norm reference...

Teacher Colleges Beneficial in Only in Theory? 30 Aug 2009 | 11:47 pm

I just read and interesting article in the New York Times debating the relevance of teacher colleges and education degrees. Sure, getting that Masters will raise your salary, but how much does that de...

My Teaching Stance 30 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am

Welcome to Westbrook Middle 28 Aug 2009 | 09:54 pm

My first day as an intern began with a district wide breakfast at the high school. I say "the" high school because there is only one of them. For some of you, this may be par for the course, but comin...

Gender Bender 26 Aug 2009 | 01:30 am

There's a story emanating from the track and field World Championship in Berlin last week that I think has a lot of bearing on our classrooms. You may have heard about Usain Bolt's record-breaking spr...