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  Why do you teach? Why did you want to work in education? Those are two questions that are paramount to the work that we do with kids.  Hopefully your…

We’ve all seen or heard the iceberg analogy.  That idea that you only see about 10% of what is actually happening in someone’s life, while the other 90% happens beneath…

About a month ago I shared this photo of our lego wall we finished… Well needless to say, it went a little viral and I’ve been meaning to blog about…

  So I slacked off a little with my “Must Read” posts this summer so this one is a two-fer.  Here are TEN books I read this summer that I…

  2018 has been quite the whirlwind of a year, and it’s only June. The image of ashes keeps coming to mind. That image of something being in existence and…

  It’s summer!  For so many educators that is finally their chance to catch up on great professional development books.  But sometimes it always isn’t in our budgets to get…

  I started this “series” of posts back in February, and then my life got flipped upside down and I haven’t posted since then.  So, it’s back! My plan is…

  I believe in the power of a single book.  That one story, or character, can empower/challenge/save a life.  I’ve seen it with my own eyes. In 2016 I was…

  I have watched the power of a story change a life. I have seen a child become so engrossed in a book that they carry it everywhere with them…

  If there’s one thing I’ve learned more than anything else, it’s the power that lies within stories.  Over the past year and a half I have consumed one book…

  I am a huge fan of music.  If you’ve followed my blog for very long you may have seen me write posts reviewing music, posts that were completely inspired…

  If there’s one thing I’ve learned, to depth of my core, about being in education, it’s how deeply we get connected to our students and how much of what…