I’m always looking for new ways to bring calm and comfort into my classroom. In this video, I share my favorite trick—adding a small plug-in fireplace! It creates a warm, inviting glow that helps ...

Elementary school teacher Kathryn Prouse admitted that this seating chart has helped her better understand the needs and ...

Though I never had the words for it, I knew I was different from my peers when I was a kid. As the son of Indian immigrants, I looked for ways to push back against the pressure to assimilate and ...

YOU, TEACHERS! I've been teaching for 8 years, and here are a few of my favorite ways to organize my classroom. cheap or FREE ...

Earlier this year, I designed a “book tasting” for my middle school class that changed my career in a matter of days. Inspired by a National Council of Teachers of English initiative, I generated a ...

As my students return to class this week, the newest equipment needed for school lockdowns will be there to greet them. It was delivered to my 11th-grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition ...

I teach at a university in Southern California, where almost half my students are Latino. We are what is known as an HSI, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. It’s a designation for colleges and ...

Almost every teacher I know has noticed the same sinister reality this summer: Kids have come back to the classroom. But the classroom hasn’t come back to the kids. Far from it. More to the point, ...

Every morning as I head to my office at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, I have to drive past two armored military vehicles aimed in my direction: an M60 tank and an M42 Duster anti-aircraft gun.