Schools Don’t Need to Ban Homework, They Just Need to Make It Better

School districts around the country are doing away with homework, according to the latest education headlines. But research clearly shows that the solution to homework…

9 Things Every Kid Needs to Know Before Going Back to School

Back-to-school time is a hectic and often stressful part of everyone’s year. Students, parents and teachers alike are bombarded with lists of what and what…

10 Things Teachers Do That Drive Students Crazy

We’re in the heart of summer, a time when teachers are knee deep in professional training and contemplating how to improve their practice for a…

I’m Not the Only Student Stressed Out From High School

Forty-five percent. According to NPR, this is the percentage of teenagers who say they struggle with stress from school pressures. Although stress is a normal…

Look, I’m a High School Student and I’m Going to Make Mistakes. It Shouldn’t Be the End of the World.

Errare humanum est. Seneca, a Roman Philosopher, spoke these words (“to err is human”) because he too knew the importance of mistakes. Even 2,000 years…

Here’s the Trick to Becoming a Better Teacher on Your Own

As a high school English teacher, I was faced with a fundamental problem: Many of my kids weren’t actually reading the class material. Reading the…

Homework? Never Say Never.

I’ve worked in hundreds of schools over the years. Most for very short periods of time, some much longer. But one thing has been almost…