Late last spring, I read the first Michael Vey book, The Prisoner of Cell 25  to one of my classes.  This Science Fiction series never f...

Way, way, way back in the day when I was in first grade, we switched seats one day and I was placed next to Michael.  Michael had polio, ...

What if students decided where the furniture should go in your room?  Could you give up control and let them decide?  Come along for a rid...

It's the first day of school in my district!  I thought this quote was a good reminder that it's usually the "little stuff...

When students explain why they don't like historical fiction, they usually say something like, "It doesn't grab me in the...

Sometimes, in this country, I feel like a stranger in a strange land. I can usually wrap my head around the thinking of people whose v...

Have you ever read a book where you marveled about how the author came up with the ideas?  I admit, I do that pretty often, but nothing l...