This summer, "leaving my kids to their own devices" has taken on an entirely new meaning for my own children. They are very happy ...

We had a great morning talking about grammar and the Common Core! Looking for the language standards by strand and then lining them up in gr...

I'm working on a new teacher workshop for next week--Grammar and the Common Core. Hooray! Sitting and sifting through research articles ...

Like I said yesterday, the end of the school year has allowed me to return to the life of a fairly normal person. But traces of the chaos of...

For me, the 2012-2013 school year has come to a close. Now it's time to settle back into the routines and do what I've pushed aside ...

Wow, May is busy! Field trips, special activities, wrapping up the school year...it's a pretty hectic time. But it's been a good May...

It's never fun to see the chasm between what I think I've taught and what students have actually learned. But when this chasm become...