Dear Louis C.K., We don't know each other, but I heard that you sent some tweets about the Common Core State Standards. More than...

I'm puttering around this post trying to figure out how to describe what became, this Spring, a phenomenon in my classroom. It's...

I have a couple of students with Autism or Autistic-like behaviors (an actual thing when the diagnosis isn't clear on an educational lev...

Long ago, in the olden days of yore, in January, I posted about a liar-pants issue in my classroom ( here and here ).  Yesterday the same e...

One of my sweet-niks will sometimes say "based on a true story" after an announcement, or a story, or something funny. It cracks m...

So, I asked what you would do in the case of a set of   Pants on Fire . Thank you for the suggestions and ideas. Here is what went down...

I am the opposite of cerebral.  I am intuitive, imaginative, and impractical.  I am loosey-goosey, dreamy, and have a casual relationship ...

What is the right thing to do? Kidlet #1 is despondent.  He finally lets me know that he has let another student "borrow" his ce...

Our quote this week is of the "awwwww" variety. The counselor was playing the Ungame  with a small group.  J. ( of the Mr. Sketc...

But December has its issues, too . Today included the following (remember, this is out of 22 students): V. was assigned In School Susp...

This caped teacher does not know the strength of her powers.  Earlier this week I said this: "Our kids this year are not your typ...

Well my dears, school started nigh on three weeks ago and I have been... mum . "Seal up your lips and give no words but mum." ...

Amid the hurley-burley of the new school year each little Lovie shakes out their feathers, stands up on their wobbly legs and knobby knees, ...

I received an email from a former student this morning.  She is a-maze-ing.  I told her I will be taking credit for that. Just to ease the...

Today is the last day of school.  There are many things I would like to post--photos, the end-of-the-year slideshow, the quilt.  Most of it ...

The Scene: A classroom of middle school trouble-makers working on computers.  All is quiet (Really!  It was!  It was freetime so they were p...

M. is crying.  I am pretty sure it is my fault.  Before you get your knickers in a bunch, though, I will tell you that he is upset becaus...

This week was tough.  TOUGH, I tell you.  This caped teacher doesn't know how to explain it without taking hours and hours, but suffice...

As I sit here watching these little turkey-butts take their state-mandated tests, I am reflecting on the various issues that have brought t...

When she was told her daughter had been acting disrespectfully in school, being sassy, and not following the agreements we had made at conf...