TEACHERS' VOICE blog

Teachers work incredibly hard to create safe and welcoming classrooms. We pay attention to how...

As a K/1 teacher, I spent a lot of time in the hallway. You could have found me standing on a...

I couldn't be more excited to report our September Tchers' Voice survey results. Every time we...

I'm a self-proclaimed geek. Even our class website is called Geek Like Me. I'm not ashamed to...

We love it and we hate it. Email. With the appearance of a red flag or the sound of a friendly...

It's only September and I'm already thinking June. Not because I'm counting down days or because...

In 15 years, I haven't been able to escape the dreams that start appearing on the fringes of my...

The first few weeks of school can set the tone for the entire year. Though this might sound...

At the end of the school year, report cards, performance reviews, and assorted rankings are...

I stood there in front of my students, completely inept in this moment as I tried to find the...

In our recent Tchers' Voice Survey, you told us you want more, More, MORE, on differentiation....

Perhaps one of the primary reasons our school community in Johnston, Iowa is healing resides in...

The overwhelming response to my last blog post, Tragedy in the Classroom, has been yet another...

Spending thousands of hours in my own classroom and the classrooms of many other teachers, I...

Before the holidays we posted an email from a struggling new teacher asking for advice. I asked...