Can you unlock the secret of this pentominoes key puzzle by arranging the twelve standard pentominoes pieces to form the shape of a key? [...]

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… [...]

For years, I was known as the Harry Potter teacher. I loved Harry Potter. I had posters in my classroom and action figures on my desk. I used to create grammar exercises and tests with Harry Potter characters’ names and… [...]

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… [...]