My good blogger friend Joel, of So You Want to Teach fame, has recently returned to the keyboard and is putting out great stuff once again!...

I've certainly heard some interesting excuses for kids not doing their homework over the year.  Usually some variation of "I didn...

Today's guest post comes from Lauren Ray.  She writes with some suggestions for teachers on keeping their classrooms clean and neat thro...

A few weeks ago, Jeff from USB Memory Direct, where they make custom flash drives , sent me several really awesome Learn Me Good flash drive...

Yesterday in the cafeteria, a little girl punched a boy in the arm. I talked to her and she said she did it because the boy was being mean ...

Friday, I was letting the kids explore a really cool website called worldometers that keeps rolling tallies of statistics like how many birt...

Two guys were up on a ladder directly outside my 2nd floor classroom window this morning doing some kind of "maintenance" that sou...

Ah, the first 3 day weekend of the year!  I know it's only been two weeks of school so far, but it already feels super nice to have an e...

A few weeks ago, Jeff at USB Memory Direct, where they make custom flash drives , contacted me and asked if I'd like some customized fla...

The first week of school is in the books for another year, and it was as exhausting, trying, and exhilarating as usual.  Here are a few high...

Today's guest post is from Joy Miller, who writes for Accelerated-Degree.com.  She talks about her top 5 apps for kids grades K-5.  Note...

As first days of school often do, today provided a couple of very interesting quotes from my kids. Some things my kids said that really stoo...

Tomorrow is the first day of school in the Dallas area, so here are some things that are most definitely not on my lesson plans, and should...

Today we in meetings for most of the time, whether "nuts and bolts" type staff stuff, discussing the new RtI format, or talking wi...

Well, the day has arrived.  That day I've been dreading for months.  That's right, it's the day before teachers report back to...