By Nancy Barlow

Every year that I’ve taught, I’ve had to pack up almost everything …

This strategy virtually guarantees participation and dialogue.

Back when I was in training, just as now, a prominent slogan was, “You are their teacher, not their friend.” (Meaning: you’ll never be able to intimidate the kids sufficiently, if you are friendly.) I was taught not to get too familiar, stay aloof, and maintain a professional demeanor. Wrong!

The author of Substitute Teaching from A to Z fields questions about discipline techniques and differentiation of instruction.

Links and Likes for June! New links and likes are added throughout each week, so check back often. …

Testing, both formal and informal, is here to stay. We just haven't come up with a better way to fairly evaluate proficiency. Everyone will be tested at some point - literally, "number-two-pencil" tested, not just "life-is-hard" tested - and best teaching practices must ensure that students are ready for this challenge. So....

Every month Marjan searches the www for the best sites for educators and his June picks offer something for you!

Once you understand my definition of bullying you’ll see why I believe bullying is so hard to defeat. The author's challenge: Go ahead, prove my title is wrong.

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Karen Cox, teacher and creator of prekinders.com shares ideas for enhancing the all-important Block Play Center in any classroom! (Click on images for enlarged view.)

River Rocks, Leaves, Flowers

Children find many creative uses for the rocks, leaves, and …

The field of education bubbles over with controversies. It’s not unusual for intelligent people of good will to disagree passionately about what should happen in schools. But there are certain precepts that aren’t debatable, that just about anyone would have to acknowledge are true.