Teenagers are self-absorbed. I get that. (Heck, most adults we know are also pretty focused on themselves, no?) Nevertheless, I’ve…
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Juvenile Justice
The Supreme Court is in the news today, as Judge Neil Gorsuch was officially announced last night as the president’s…
Listen & Learn
One thing that surprised me during last spring’s testing season was the heavy use of computer-voice instructions and listening passages…
FREE Media Literacy Worksheets
Last week, Stanford researchers released a “bleak” report showing that more than 80 percent of students can’t determine the difference…
Scary Stuff
My school’s hallways are abuzz this week with the creepy clown ridiculousness that’s sweeping America and now, it seems, the…
5 Things You NEED to Know About the New MLA Works Cited Format
In April, the Modern Language Association folks revamped their suggested citation formatting to be a better fit in our digital…
It’s My Honor to Introduce
`Tis the season for graduation speakers to start preparing remarks as they’ll soon populate podiums across the land, hoping to…
10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know
While co-chaperoning the Competition Civics state meet earlier this month (a favor to my hallway bestie, the team’s adviser), my…
Women’s History Month? Eh…no thanks
Hey, everyone, I’m a guest writer over at the TpT blog this week. Check it out!
Frankly Speaking
“Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy,…