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With our state and AP tests upon us, we’re faced with a new challenge: how do we keep students engaged in learning? We often complain ab...

In my first fifteen years of teaching, I struggled to develop an effective, fair and student-learning centered late work policy. My policie...

The following is a follow-up to my post on redos and retakes.   Implementing redos and retakes takes extra time and effort, but the fol...

One of the seminal moments in my life as an educator occurred about fifteen years ago when my school’s administration required teachers ...

On March 22, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed legislation “aimed at ensuring all students in Virginia have the best opportuni...

As a novice teacher, I frequently created assignments that included student presentations. A few of the presentations were phenomenal, many...

In previous posts I discussed the need for risk-taking and how teachers can inspire risk-taking in students. Today, I’m going to ...