Maintaining an Annual Plan The quicker you realize that your long term plans depend more on the dynamic of your classroom makeup than anything else, …
Teachers Sharing Stories, Again
“A Wounded Healer” I am not proposing for the teacher to abandon the desk, one of our seminal props of authority, on the first day of …
When students plagiarize
Plagiarize This When I first started teaching, I felt that plagiarism was one of the biggest markers of disrespect towards me. To have a student …
Teacher Burnout
Teacher Wear and Tear? Students will wear on you. Keep in mind that most children come equipped with battery packs of never ending enthusiasm and …
Say what you mean and mean what you say
Teacher Talk II An often over-looked and rarely talked about element of teaching is following through on things you promise to students. The classroom space …
Sports Saved My Life
Sports saved my life I am weary of wading into the political waters of positioning sports in a savior role in relation to our Black …
Two rules for teacher privacy that teachers should follow
Keeping Your Life Private After celebrities, the “young new teacher” may be the second highest occupation for eliciting an unquenchable desire to uncover a backstory …
Black Boy, Interrupted II
Stuck in the Machine of Education, Part II Black boys, like myself, try for years to interrupt the arresting box of urban Black identity in clever and chameleon ways. …
Why These Children Cannot Write Anymore
The Reason Why Our entire education is based on printed text and writing, yet more and more kids are leaving elementary school without the ability …
Classroom Hip-Hop
On Hip-Hop Pedagogy I feel that all the hip-hop albums I have ever listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly have …