Non-fiction texts and sites have become even more important with the implementation of recent education standards. For teachers with a limited budget, however, providing high-quality, age-appropriate materials has posed a significant challenge. Thankfully, there are websites that will not only fill the non-fiction, science gap in the classroom, they also do it for free. Get…
Classroom teachers across the country are often faced with decorating restrictions due to fire codes and school rules. For years, they have also tried to figure out how to hang stuff on cinder block walls in the classroom. That can present quite the challenge when a teacher is trying to create a welcoming and inspiring environment…
Let’s face it, teaching is tough! If you are a teacher, you know that sometimes you say things in the classroom that you never anticipated saying. From “Ignore the dead scorpion on the floor” to “Don’t put the owl pellet near your mouth,” teachers say some unusual things. We asked teachers from across the country to tell us…