Summer is the time when educators reflect and recharge. For most, the pace slows and allows time for thinking and planning, looking forward to the next school year. Many teachers engage in different types of personalized professional development , but...

The best games in the classroom have kids totally engaged and learning while they think they are playing.  With games, kids can practice a variety of skills as well as strategic thinking.  The idea is to give kids eight great...

For so long, math class was every kid doing the same worksheet.  But, as you know, not every student learns the same way of has the same skill set.   As the students’ skills improve, teachers increase the rigor or...

Algebra is fun and engaging when emojis represent the unknowns.  Solving these equations seems like working a puzzle, not an Algebra problem.  Kids love visual Algebra – emoji style.  It doesn’t even seem like work. According to Jo Boaler,  Visual...