Being a teacher is a privilege. We get to see results daily and know that we are making a difference. But sometimes you can also find yourself feeling stuck in ...

Every teacher has favorite books that they love to read to their classes year after year. The best picture books for kindergarten include engaging, large, colorful illustrations, rhyming or repeating ...

Many teachers can't wait for the summer to kick back and forget all about school, but it can also be an excellent time to focus on your professional development. When ...

In my years as a teacher and administrator, I have found that there are sometimes tensions between teachers and classroom aides. Many of these problems come from not understanding each ...

Here’s Why Teachers Love Running into Their Former Students Whether at a barbecue or a parent-teacher conference, chance encounters give educators the opportunity to look back on their careers. Standing ...

All parents want to believe their children are special and unique, and they are! But some children are destined to be the All parents want to believe their children are ...

Learning to read is a complicated, multifaceted developmental step that requires letter and sound recognition, social and contextual understanding, some experience of literature and story conventions, and support from the ...

Many teachers describe the profession as a calling. Some may have even felt the yearning to teach before they were in school themselves. Lining up their teddy bears to lead ...

When I was a teacher my school didn’t offer any cooking classes, so I folded cooking and food into the subjects I taught. I would use recipes as reading comprehension ...

For many people, Shakespeare’s work is timeless. However, students notoriously find the olde English difficult to understand and often complain when teachers begin a Shakespeare topic or unit of study. ...

My teaching career has spanned four different towns in two capital cities on both sides of the Atlantic. I’ve seen just about every urban education problem you can imagine—from overcrowding ...

When a couple decides to divorce, their children must face some harsh realities about the world. Sometimes people fall out of love, sometimes we have no control over our lives ...