It’s been exactly ten years since Jordan Manners was shot and killed inside a school in Toronto. After noticing this on my twitter feed, I …
Boys Learn Differently…
Boys do learn differently. So, what next? I put on a movie to start first period. It was a documentary about the history of …
Decoding Our Dress Code Policies
Have you ever looked through a school’s dress code policy and then pictured the type of student that said policy would affect? Of course you …
Crime & Punishment: Does it always fit?
Perhaps a deeper analysis should also include the word “should” when we consider the topic of student discipline issues. In either case, the issue of …
Dress For Success?
Lately, I have been titling my blogs with a lot of question marks. I don’t think it is possible for a person to be his …
Assessing Teacher Performance
I had totally forgotten that my principal would be in for my teacher performance appraisal in early spring. We had sat down in the early …
Messin’ With My Clique?
There was some massive drama going down between a group of girls in my 8th grade classroom a few years back. It actually happened around …
“Stop Doing That!” Aka, Yelling At Students
I just realized something the other day. We are t-minus 3 months left in the school year (is it too soon to begin counting down?) …
Hip-Hop & Education: A Look Ahead
This past weekend I watched the documentary “Hip-Hop Evolution”. Like many hip-hop docs, the story chronicles the life of hip-hop from an underground niche art …
Is Bell Work Still A Thing?
I am not sure if bell work is still a thing but I feel inclined to talk about it anyway. Let me cut straight to …