Critical reading of any text is an important skill for secondary students, and recognizing bias is a fundamental part of the process. It...

By some accounts, every day, around 160,000 do not attend school because they are afraid of bullies. Those who are afraid and attend anyw...

It's seemingly one of the simple punctuation rules: When you join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (aka FANBO...

Let's face it: teaching and reviewing grammar with older students can be boring for the students and the teacher. Worksheets and pow...

A second-grade teacher friend is facing a much longer school day this year. She will have her little charges from 8:15 to 4:30 every ...

I like to bring in seasonal reading around Halloween more than any other time of year. Students are bombarded with the myths and traditio...

Discussion questions are a great idea to kick off a short story unit, but the participation of my students has been lackluster with the...