Though I sit in a room full of books brimming with knowledge, prose, and storytelling, I found that my students tended to ignore these materials and only engage with the social aspect of the school library as a...
Even as the role of the library evolves, it remains a place for patrons to explore and read books. As I transitioned from K-8 to high school librarianship, working diligently to reopen a long-shuttered school library and rebuild...
My job is to widen college and career access for young people who are furthest from opportunity. I came into the AI Together Community of Practice (CoP) with Lead by Learning with the understanding that our students are...
Earlier this year, I shared with a colleague some exemplar assignments from my past students in which they wrote about themselves in the style of Holden Caulfield. She replied that she loved the assignment but feared that these...
Despite my thirteen years of teaching experience, I don’t feel like a veteran teacher. Early in my career, I was told that teachers hit their stride after three years, then five years, and now I don’t know many...
When I think about where this learning journey truly began, I always return to a moment early in the school year that caught me off guard. I introduced AI tools into my coding classroom, and the energy was...
In the eight years since the schools on my campus chose to reopen our library, I have circulated thousands of books, taught research skills to hundreds of kids, hosted author visits, led National Novel Writing Months, and (once)...
I began this school year with a lofty goal: I wanted to facilitate the transition of my large, comprehensive high school into a more inclusive space that welcomed more students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) into the general...
As a lifelong learner and believer in inquiry, I have many questions. One of the first questions I developed as I was leading circles with 10 and 11-year-olds during my first year of teaching 5th graders was the...
“Can I change my answer?” That was the question a student asked after a quick partner discussion about Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime. She had just shared her response aloud and heard...
