Valentine’s Day Ideas for Your Classroom

Valentine’s Day Ideas for Your Classroom

Looking for some fun Valentine’s Day Activities? For years teachers have prepared fun party activities, served cookies and cupcakes, and had students use glue, scissors, and construction paper to create their own Valentine mailboxes.    Students bought or made...
Parents vs. Teachers:  What Caused the War?

Parents vs. Teachers: What Caused the War?

I can remember attending school in the 1960’s.  Most students followed the rules, and when they didn’t, they knew their parents would most likely discipline harshly when they got home.  It was a much more orderly atmosphere.  My mother was a teacher during...
Student Engagement in Middle School

Student Engagement in Middle School

What does it mean to have engaged students?  Engagement is when students show interest, curiosity, and attention to a teacher’s lesson or activity.  It means students are showing persistence, and making an effort toward completing a classroom task.  A student is...
Teachers are Leaving the Profession.  Why?

Teachers are Leaving the Profession. Why?

Approximately 300,000 public school teachers left the profession between February 2020 and May 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Why are they leaving?  Could we have seen this coming?  Over the past year, many teachers have taken to social media to...