It's statistically proven that 87% of math teachers became math teachers only so they wouldn't have to grade those endless piles of essays. You can quotes us on that.*Does that mean the essay shoul...

Whether it's story time, a free write, a term paper, or a research essay, some kids perk right up when they hear that it's time to write. Hey, when you've got the bug, you've got the bug. But other...

Everyone loves a good eyebrow-raising controversy. Lolita, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and The Wizard of Oz (yes, really) may have had their moment in the sun when classrooms tried to ban them way bac...

Writing often gets short shrift in these days of tweeting, chatting, gramming, and other varieties of less-language-based posting. Which can mean that your students are none too comfy with things l...

Plagiarism. It's the dirtiest of dirty words in the education world. Yeah, there's "cheating" and "bullying" and—must we say it?—"pre-calculus," but as far as intellectual honesty goes, plagiar...

The arts enrich our real lives, so why bother studying them in our boring school lives, right? Um, as if.Whether you're debating the cultural merits and demerits of Mad Men or headbanging through y...