Yeah, so it has been one of those sorts of days.  Which of the following scenarios would describe an ideal Friday for you? a) All students work diligently and complete all tasks with a smile. b) Administration provides breakfast snacks and lunch for all teachers with no strings attached or questions asked. c)  At the end of the day, ...

Today was a very surreal day. In someways, it was quite typical and other ways totally random, but let's see if you find any humor in any of this... It starts with me being generally proud of myself for arriving to work on time.  Generally, I am early, but because of daylight savings time/report cards/testing, I have been in another time ...

When I say track, some may automatically assume I mean academic tracking.  You know, that evil way some kids are ''guided'' toward either a more challenging curriculum or an easier one.  That isn't so much what I mean in this case.  I have noticed statistically that students of color, students of poverty, and students who speak ...

Any school is ''special'' as I like to say, but my school is ''extra-special.''  Let me preface everything by saying that I love ''who'' I teach.  That is the only way that you can work where I work.  I look at my students (and their peers) day in and out, and I can easily venture to say that each moment is an adventure in its ...