There is no extra credit in the weight room. No one can charm their way through a missed rep, negotiate their way out of ...

In this video I walk through the non traditional rules I use in my classroom to keep things fair and respectful. I talk about how I handle phones, bathroom breaks, seating choices, and why I let ...

When I accepted a teaching position last May I was so excited to finally be setting up my first classroom. I envisioned a space where the students could feel comfortable and inspired and I wanted the ...

Teaching in the fall semester was miserable — that frequent feeling of a student’s fingers slipping between mine, pulling away, and spiraling out into nothingness ...

Recently, lawmakers in Iowa penned a bill that, if passed, would have required cameras in every K-12 classroom in the state. These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons ...

Learning can happen anywhere — in a classroom, in a park, on a field trip or at a museum. But, the reality is that space matters. I had a classroom last year, and while it was shared with my math ...

Several years ago, I taught a student who seemed capable of shooting up a classroom. He radiated contempt for me, his freshman composition classmates and the assignments, muttering about the stupidity ...

For most of the history of formal education, faculty members would have described teaching as an art or a craft. While many of us would still identify with those descriptors, the drift in the ...