During our break from school as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, my two boys and I have been using our morning to complete reading and wri...

With this gift of time as we are sequestered away in our separate homes, I've been dipping back into my writing, rereading cringe-worthy...

It's the first day of March, and in addition to being the start of our March Book Madness challenge , it also marks the start of the ...

At the start of the new year, even though school was not yet back in session, my student editors and I kicked off our literary magazine. But...

Flickr image the from  TED Conference I was fortunate to be able to attend both Eric Johnson's and Sarah Kay's poetry works...

It is our first full day at the TED Summit in Banff. Our group of 30 TED Innovative Educators (TIEs)  from around the world is pitching o...

Snow day #7. This time, I have the house to myself. My boys had a two-hour delay this morning, so after scuttling them out the door, I par...

March begins with a stutter start. For the second week in a row, I will likely be out of school for multiple days. Last week, under a wet ...

Illustration by Austin Kleon Elizabeth just came up to my desk to ask if she is allowed to use contractions in her personal essay. All...

I don't have a desk. Okay, I do, but it is home to my sewing machine and not really a conducive place for writing, crowded as it is w...

You couldn't miss the nervous energy in the room this morning. We've just finished reading Elie Wiesel's Holocaust memoir Ni...

It is one of my students' favorite daily writing prompts. Mine, too. Yesterday I came into class with a stack of newspapers in hand. B...

I have too many blog posts in me! So right off the bat, know that this post is almost more of a reminder to me of all the things that I want...

I'm taking up Jeremy Hyler's weekly NWP iAnthology prompt today:   "Share a lesson that failed, a student, a piece of writing...