Publications

Interactive math games can be perceived as a new-age learning tool that aims to make mathematics fun and engaging for students.

Interactive Math Games: A New Age Learning Tool

The evolution of teaching and learning methods is a dynamic process. Traditionally, we often associate learning …

When we ask our students to craft their own personal narratives, memoirs, vignettes, and small moment pieces, we can feature texts where family dynamics, languages, homes, and conflicts may be different from texts we are currently using (and have been using for years).

Fall is the Perfect Time to Check Your Shelf (Again): Blending Culturally Responsive Texts into Your Writing Workshop

In the fall of 2022, school boards and school librarians were being inundated with book ban …

Traveling during the summer months goes without saying for international school employees, especially expats who often have to go “home” and visit with friends and family that still cannot believe they live so far away.

The Summer Balancing Act: Navigating Work and Family Like a High Wire Walk

A time to relax and recharge your batteries, but also a time to reflect on and …

Transformers are not real (ChatGPT told me so). ChatGPT is.

More Than Meets The Eye: Using ChatGPT to Transform your Teaching

If you’ve ever heard of Transformers, you’ve probably heard of the famous Optimus Prime. The character …

I saw the potential in every child and through play, I uncovered who they were. That is how I ended up pursuing my early childhood special education endorsement, along with English Language Learning (ELL) endorsement.

Advocating For All Children to Access Learning Through Play: Acceptance for All Through Play-based Learning

My early childhood memories on play My passion for teaching started when I was 16 years …

When schools integrate both forms of knowledge delivery in activities - informative and experiential learning - parent engagement numbers are likely to increase.

4 Effective Ways to Share Mindful-Based Social and Emotional Learning Practices with Parents

I was reading something once about how a school turned their low attended literacy night into …

Throughout my first two years of teaching in the gym, I noticed two apps/programs that made an immediate impact.

Technology in Physical Education

While entering the education field, I never put Physical Education (PE) and Technology in the same …

A solid home and community connection begins with a commitment to the cause and effective use of available resources.

Encourage A Strong Home-Community Connection Through Social-Emotional Learning

A robust home and community connection is the next frontier in social-emotional learning competence (SEL). To …

A new study reveals that there are two primary explanations for where the students of the pandemic exodus from public schools went: homeschooling and private schooling.

Pandemic Exodus: Where Have Public School Students Gone?

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to the education system in the United States, and …

With all of the recent hype about ChatGPT replacing everybody’s jobs, I decided to conduct an experiment to see how effective the AI bot would be teaching an actual high school class.

ChatGPT Won’t Replace High School Teachers Anytime Soon. Here’s Why.

With all of the recent hype about ChatGPT replacing everybody’s jobs, I decided to conduct an …

It is pretty clear, through the research, that the most effective school leaders both make time for walk-throughs and have the courage to provide constructive feedback to help their teachers take action to improve.

What Are You Looking For In Classrooms? (Hint: The TASK Matters)

As instructional leaders, many of us are programmed to visit classrooms as often as possible. It …

How to Say and Show Respect in Different Ways

I would like to dedicate this article to the memory of my maternal grandmother Bernice Lefkowitz. …