Reflections on Reading, Teaching, and Running

One year ago yesterday, my students left the classroom with books and whatever they would need for the next two weeks. I closed my classroom...

(very rough draft) Running Out of Time They say the years are short. Just yesterday I heard her heartbeat for the first time and then...

The past two days, I had the opportunity to share my passion for reading and my belief in reading workshop with other educators. After agoni...

There are many ways to measure growth. We may hang an oversized ruler on a wall and mark different milestones in a child's life. We may ...

"You know the thing about magic, Charlie? We can wish on clovers and shooting stars and ice flowers all we want. But in the end, th...

It's amazing to me that life still goes on after losing someone you love.  You spend your life loving them, looking up to them, relying ...

A co-taught classroom can be one of the most powerful tools you have to truly reach all of your students. I was fortunate to work with the s...