I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down...

I think I am overdue to write up a little bit about what I learned while I was in China, about its recent history (and how it all ties with ...

We are in the middle of a 4-day weekend (Tuesday, May 1, is Labour Day in Germany, so we have a bridge holiday on Monday as well), so Geoff ...

For the end of the year, I am thinking about asking my middle-schoolers (7th- and 8th- graders) to make a creative assignment for me. I am h...

I just got back from an amazing school trip to China. We went to Beijing, toured around for about 3.5 days, and then headed over to Shanghai...

I am on vacation and it is brilliant. I don't have time or energy to really read during the school year, so I've already read 4 or 5...

A recent incident has stirred up some feelings for me regarding cultural sensitivity in schools. As a teacher, generally I feel responsible ...

This week has been epic. It was a week when I tried to do something for everyone. It was my last week with my Grade 12 IB students (since th...