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I love the teachers in my Language Arts department.  Ever since I became department chair, they have been willing to go on so many curricular adventures with me.  If I ask to try a collaborative website, they are game.  If ...

So much is hearsay right now about the Common Core, it feels like the educational system has become a tabloid in their interpretation of what does not even exist yet.  In fact, from this level of speculation has sprouted a ...

I recently presented at the CATE conference to a great audience of enthusiastic teachers.  CATE, the California Association of Teachers of English, is a great organization with an amazingly supportive group whose heart beats with the love of the Writing ...

It seems like it's been forever since I wrote an actual post for my beloved Tweenteacher site!  But I guess it's a happy problem as I've been writing here and there in the edublogosphere for these past couple of weeks. ...

My latest post on Edutopia just went live.  "7 Tips for Digital Learners" picks apart some of the skills that students of any age should have in order to succeed online.  Of course, that's not to say that there aren't ...

In celebration of The California Writing Project and Digital Learning Day, I was asked to write a post on some of what I'm doing with technology in the classroom.   So I decided to write about what I'm actually doing ...

Hey all, Guess what?  I'm going to be facilitating a class for Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach's Powerful Learning Practice.  The six-week course is on Project Based Writing, a strategic way to bring in authentic assessments and meaningful learning into any Language Arts program, ...

I've just recently posted a new article on my Edutopia blog, one that challenges teachers to try something new in their classroom for 30 days. As many of my readers know, my students are currently working on their Advocacy/Memoir ...

At times, I find myself in awe of some of the dedicated and self-sacrificing individuals that have devoted themselves to our students. These are the diamonds, the people who live this work, who breathe it, who take home the ...

I work in a Title I school district some 15 minutes away from home. I live in a school district, however, that is ranked in the top 4% of those in my state. Our state assessment scores rank ...