Teacher of the Gifted - Not the Gifted Teacher

At midnight on July 1st, I officially relinquished the title of Co-President of our local Educational Association, after fourteen ye...

photo courtesy Donna Yingst Shenk I cleaned out my classroom on Wednesday. It was the first time I'd been in there since March 1...

A month ago, I started a blog entry.  It struggled to figure out where it was going, so it's been sitting in DRAFT mode since then.  ...

Almost five years ago, I told the tale of Alex, who had attended a SEE (Secondary Enrichment Experience) Seminar entitled "The...

Today, the students in my two afternoon classes asked 3700 questions, almost simultaneously.   While this may seem a tad confusing, and...

I grew up in a time where family dinner was a ritual.  Nothing pleased my father more than the beginning of the school year, and quizzing ...

Today was my first day of work.  Never mind that my first day of work  with the district was actually in August, 1999.  My hope is that...