The Power of the Notebook You’ve probably noticed by now that I loathe busy work. I hated it as a kid and I hated it as a teacher. It drove me nuts to see colleagues assigning busy work then complain about how much they had to grade. Now, formative work—the work you need to look…
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Teacher Tip Tuesday — 26 Oct 2010
By Any Means Necessary It gets better. If you’re a new teacher, right about now—October—is when you should be asking yourself, “Dear God, what kind of hideous mistake have I made?” It’s okay. Really. It gets better. I distinctly remember the beginning of my third year realizing I’d made it to November without a crying…