Teacher Town

When it comes to school, my youngest son has just begun. And this little guy tells tales that illustrate his day like no other. It helps tha...

Eighth grade teachers have iPads. I'm a skeptic and a worrier when it comes to this grand technology rollout, but who doesn't li...

Monday, Monday. It wouldn't bother so much if I didn't always feel like the entire week hinged on its success. Do I have a fridge fu...

Last spring, I worked alongside other parent volunteers to pack up a trailer of goods for States, the last regatta of my son's senior ye...

A teacher in our school system died just a couple of days of ago. Every once in a sad while, I've received email messages with "Sad...

Months are a human construct by which I refuse to be controlled. I set out on a writing challenge--turns out I didn't make it close to t...

I think I can buy a bumper sticker with that shout out to the universe. It seems like eons ago that I was not even a dog person. I didn'...

In an exercise that asks students to imagine themselves in Anne Frank's shoes today, I asked them to make a packing list if they learned...

Our weekly trip to the library hasn't worked out because one of my reading buddies just fell asleep in the car on the way. So while the ...

Feeling energized and alert after a real holiday, I gave myself a pat on the back as I sauntered into school with several minutes to spare. ...

Please be assured that we began the day in full-force Easter mode. I opened my eyes to big news that the bunny had already delivered the goo...

I made a decision to leave the laptop and tablet at home when we packed for our Miami trip last week. Travel light: Advice from many a seaso...

I knew I was tired at the beginning of the week, but jeez. Daylight savings + lots to do = total resistance to my own alarm clock. Two days ...

My team and I spent time planning out our "Profiles of Courage" unit that we'll begin after spring break. It centers around Di...

I've been a mother for almost 19 years, which means I've been making school lunches for quite a while now. In an attempt to correct ...

My to-do list is long today for both household chores and work ducks that I need to get in a row. The next four days are booked with meeting...

For Writing SOL season, I've been slowing down instead of speeding up. There's always a level of intensity when it comes to standard...

We call it Wacky Wednesday in an attempt to paint the day in a brighter light for the little one. Since kindergarten began, he has made it c...

When I walk across the field from my school to my home in the evening, as I did tonight, I leave behind the fluorescent light of a public bu...

My pup is growing up. It wasn't so long ago that she was a little sausage, a butterball, a dumpling. Now her legs stretch long and she c...