Confessions of a Literacy Coach

It was a Monday when Harold (not his real name) motioned for me to join him at his locker. Harold is GT. While most GT kids seemingl...

It's a scenario I've seen play out in middle school over and over again. Ask a learner to write and one of two things happen...

As we enter the Yuletide season of joy and giving, let's be honest. Every last nerve in our body is about to tested. Our stude...

Every year before Thanksgiving break I give a mini lesson to my creative writing class on the Peanuts cartoon creator, Charles Schultz. I be...

  1. Mr. Ima N. Kuntroll: Ultimate Disciplinarian Bad Teachers run their classrooms with military precision. Desks are in ne...

It wasn't my idea to have a Christmas in July party, but it happened. Imagine. Red house lights  blinking in the heat of the summer....

I confess that I don't have a green thumb. Maybe it is karma. My first memory of planting anything was as a five-year-old in my Sunday S...

The map unfolded before me. Vast oceans filled with sunken treasures. Lands where Jesus himself had walked. Hills and valleys where the Shep...

  With the 2016-2017 school year peeking around the corner, job fairs are popping up everywhere baiting hopeful applicants to bel...

It's the final weeks until schools all across the United States and Canada are about to be let out for summer vacation. Tens...

I confess that it's sometimes hard to see the big picture. It's easy to lose sight when things go awry, especially on days wh...