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I called in sick today for the first time this year. I very rarely miss school, but I was just feeling horrible yesterday, and being able to sleep in till 11 this morning certainly seemed to help that some. I'm still stuffed up and I still have a sore
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Welcome to the 226th edition of the Carnival of Education! This week’s edition comes at the very end of the school year, at least for those of us in Texas, and regardless of whether or not you are still in school, no one can deny the fact that summer
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Just a couple of reminders about upcoming events -- Monday is the deadline for the contest to win 500 business cards or 500 brochures from uprinting.com. Remember, all you need to do is leave a comment in the original post explaining what you would do
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This week's Carnival of Education is up and running over at Steve Spangler's Science Blog, and it was written by Mamacita of *** Weekly! If you're a teacher and feeling under-appreciated, head on over and you won't be sorry. If you're NOT a teacher, you
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This week's Carnival of Education is up and running now at the Core Knowledge Blog. My Million Dollar Test post is there, along with lots and lots of other great ones. So today was an absolutely gorgeous day outside. Sunny, something like 85 degrees,
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First a shout out to this week's Carnival of Education, being hosted at Rayray's Writing . Lots of good stuff in the Carnival, as usual. Also, I am a bit confused about what is going on tomorrow at school. Here's what I DO know: There is an evening Black
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Just a quick update here for 2 great links. First, this week's Carnival of Education is up and running at Steve Spangler's Science Blog . My post about the 3 year blogiversary is up as well as many others. Second, this week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com
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As we draw to the close of a 3-day school week (I know, teachers worked 4 days, but we only had the kids for 3 days), I present this week's Mr. Teacher column at education.com. Titled, " Those Short Weeks are Killers !" it's sort of a rehashing of one
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Just a few links for today: This week's Mr Teacher column over at education.com is titled, " A Few of My Favorite Things ." It is a short list (Top 5) of things that make me happy to be a teacher. We tend to complain about the bad kids and the frustrations,
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I feel just about ready for another 2 week break! OK, so it's not because of the kids -- although after two great days back, today was a major headache day as my room was hot and stuffy, and the kids didn't seem to have their minds in problem solving
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Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand new year! Yes, I realize it is almost 3:oo PM as I am writing this, and yes I realize I still have a major case of bedhead. What do you expect, I just got up! But seeing as how I didn't go to sleep until close to
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the 200th edition of the Carnival of Education! I am very honored to be hosting this round number of honored tradition, so I thought I would add a bit of holiday tradition to the festivities. So without any further ado,
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I hope that everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving! I concentrated on the turkey this year, not eating as much stuffing or potatoes as in usual years. I was not disappointed! Plus, I actually went to a store today, on Black Friday! Circuit City is going
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Hey everyone, tomorrow is finally Turkey Day, and I will be away from the keyboard, stuffing massive amounts of, well, stuffing, into my pie hole, which is also going to be taking in a lot of pie! So very appropriately named articles today... Today is
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First, a couple of links of the week: This week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com is titled " Democracy in Action " (my apologies to John Stewart). I asked my kids to explain to me who they voted for and why in our recent mock election, and their
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