The Christmas countdown is on and there are not many days left until the excitement of Christmas morning, when torn wrapping paper will be spread throughout the house. Gifts will be eagerly opened and ...

Writing is the new reading in high stakes testing. The issue in the American education reform movement is no longer simply “why Johnny can’t read,” but whether or not Antonio, Alexis, or Annika can ...

It's February again, and people young and old are getting ready to celebrate the day of love. For students, they will be receiving a class list soon to make certain no one is forgotten when Valentine ...

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King This weekend, while I was in line to purchase materials for class, I heard a strange, ...

Evaluating children's writing can be discouraging. Often it is full of incomplete thoughts, misspellings, erasures. Looking at it from our adult perspective, we tend to see only what is wrong, failing ...

I went to Isabella’s VPK to pick her up on a recent afternoon when something caught my attention. On the board outside the classroom, a project done by each student was hung up to display their work.

Relationships are a lot of things. They’re beautiful, at times heartbreaking and honestly something we can’t live without. Thanks to one of the bestselling girl groups of all time, we know a little ...