Addition search puzzles are a fun way to practice finding sums that are hidden in a grid of numbers - almost like a addition word search! [...]

Long ago, I dropped traditional grammar instruction for my high school classes in favor of quick hits and individualized feedback.… [...]

Fifty years after the publication of her first book, ‘The Great School Wars’, author and historian Diane Ravtich has released her long awaited memoirs.  In ‘An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else’ Ravitch takes… [...]

In reviewing feedback on my students’ AP Literature* exam scores, I observed that they scored lower on the skills connected to explaining the function of setting. I use Yaa Gyasi’s novel Homegoing to teach these skills: 2.A: Identify and describe specific… [...]

My last series of posts centered on standards-based assessment, which for several years has been the focus of much of my work with teachers. I’ve been somewhat dragged into this work. I think–a lot–about my experiences in my own classroom… [...]