The year’s almost over, but before you know it the next one’s beginning. Here’s a quick recap: Go to your filing cabinet or files on your computer where you keep your lesson plans. Take out all the handouts you used for the first month of school. Grab a copy of the ones that you intend […]

My first year teaching was nearly 20 years ago. And although I’ve suppressed many of the horrors that accompanied it, I get uncontrollable tremors from time to time. If only I had first year teacher tips like these, I wouldn’t have wanted to drive my 1992 Saturn into the side of the school every morning…and […]

Being a teacher and being a Browns fan are quite similar. In August when the start of things are right around the corner, there’s a lot of fake optimism. We say the right things only because showing any signs of negativity would bring about a cavalcade of criticism from outsiders. In reality, none of us […]