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Light a Candle in the Window
Teacher-friend, here is my New Year’s offering to you. I've got no long lists of self-care or resolutions or easy technology tricks. I just have one thing. It's a candle for your window.
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The Epic Nevertheless, Starring You
Teaching in a pandemic: It’s not pretty, but it’s pretty epic. Reframe the school year and fight. Be the hero of your own epic, nevertheless.
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Eyes on the Prize: Growing Student Writers
Correcting student writing got you down? Try some fresh assessment methods for focusing on growth in the high school English classroom.
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An Open Letter to the Beleaguered
Teaching in 2020 is nothing less than surreal. Consider seven imperatives to prevent yourself from being swallowed up by this school year.
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An Elegy for a School Year in Three Parts
An elegy moves from grief to praise of the idealized dead to solace. This elegy for 2019-2020 reminds us that school is about teaching younger humans to be better humans, and in the process, becoming better humans ourselves. Here’s a call to look for what can lead you forward.