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My 2023 Takeaway: The Value of a More-Responsive Classroom

KTC #8: Do You Know How Your Students See Themselves As Learners?

But What If The Feedback Is...Bad?

KTC #7: Don’t Underestimate a Good Classroom

KTC #6: Thoughts on Saying "No" as a Teacher

Two New Digital Close-Reading Activities

Two Challenging Stories from One Day in the Classroom

How should we talk about college?

What Collective Feedback Lessons Can Look Like

KTC #5: Accountability Without Late Penalties?

KTC #4: Just Write Them a Note

4 Classroom Set-up "Hacks" I Love

An Updated Exit Ticket

Welcome Back!

Kicking the Copier #3: How to Return Feedback to Students

My 5 Favorite Beginning-of-the-Year Resources

Kicking the Copier #2: Two Simple Questions For Every Teacher, Every Day

The Case for Assigned Seats

"Reporting" on the Teacher-Blaming "Report"

New Project: Innovative Sentences to Learn From

Kicking the Copier #1: Don't Try to Catch Your Students Cheating

The Dog Days Aren't Over

To Pause for a Poem with Purpose

Why The Classroom Community Matters More Than Ever

How to end a school year?

How Students Went "Outside The Box" As Writers This Semester

Falling in Love With Teaching Graphic Novels

Teaching in the New "Student Absence" Landscape

Did you know about Sijo?

Student Experience = Teaching Perspective?

What's the "Line" of Your School Year?

Much Ado About Grading

Why Teachers Should Create Multiple Exemplars

The Power of Peer Workshopping

Humble Teaching: a Story and a Stage

What's the point of grading?

What counts as work?

When The Entire Classroom Is Laughing At You

Gwen Won Gold

When You Ask Students What Their "Writing Story" Should Be Called

Did everyone post their grades?

The Last Classroom Opener I'll Ever Use

When You Ask Students to Affirm Each Other

Three Ways I Know I Want My Classroom To Be Better in 2023