Writing for Common Core

There are new priorities emerging when teaching writing for common core. One example is the move towards more fact-based writing.  By blending genres you can teach children more and make teach them to be solid writers. You can teach narrative with a sprinkle of...

How To Define The Teaching Profession

The teaching profession is changing, writes middle-school teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron. In this blog post, she urges teachers to be part of that transition by helping to define the profession and direct its future. For some, she writes, their contribution could come...