NCAA Tourney Brackets in Ruin

Anyone else’s NCAA bracket land in the shredder after Friday’s record-setting day of upsets? Four double-digit seeds won Friday night, including Siena. Okay, before we go any further, I want someone to tell me something about Siena — nickname, geographical location, school color, school population, anything? All kidding aside, I’ll admit I knew a little [...]

Spring Break and March Madness

Although it seems like the work never ends (my students are posting research paper rough drafts to their private websites this week), we’re taking a respite from the daily rigors of class for spring break. The timing couldn’t have come better for me — a voracious college basketball fan, who won’t be forced to take [...]

New York Charter School to Pay Teachers 125K

A New York charter school plans to pay its teachers $125,000 per year. Now, before you race off to apply, you need to know a few things about the process. First, the person selecting teachers is a brilliant Yale grad, with a whopping three years of teaching experience. Of course, he’s learned plenty about educating [...]

It’s Time to Go Paperless

You may have gathered from the title of this blog and this post that I’m not a big fan of paper. I’m a middle school language arts teacher, and I’m doing everything possible to eliminate paper use in school. In fact, I’ve even written a book called, The Paperless Classroom, and I’ve created a workshop [...]