A Year of Reading

I don't give two hoots about college football, but I've endured decades of silliness spawned by this rivalry. Here's my ta...

It's that time again. Six months have passed since last we queued up to host the Poetry Friday roundups. If you'd like to host...

Photo via Unsplash Every two weeks we change desks. This limits disorganization to a short cycle, and for all the good it does (I curre...

Rise and Fall Fall takes her leave, pelts down grainy snow, swirls the last of the leaves with darkness and cold. Rising at the b...

The Charlotte Huck Award ® was established in 2014 to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of fiction for children. In particul...

Raising Student Voice: Speaking Out for Equity and Justice “Our students’ voices matter. Their voices matter in our schools, our commun...

Unsplash photo via Chandler Cruttenden Ode to Parent Conferences Conferences, you exhaust me. I spend hours getting ready for you...

Unsplash photo by NordWood Themes Autumn Cadenza Oak leaves drift down, a brown rustle. Crickets are hushed. Only sound -- plop ...

Click to enlarge  Click to enlarge I'm tickled pink and proud as punch! I also can't wait to dig into the book an...

Flickr Creative Commons photo by VirtualEyeSee Choosing Teams There are owls in the neighborhood now. Two barred owls wondering, ...