We've all had our share of students whose purpose in life seems to be making our own life miserable. If you ...

As we approach the beginning of the new school year, high school teachers will undoubtedly be approached by seniors for ...

As music educators, we often focus our advocacy attention on the curricular benefits of music and gloss over many of the aesthetic benefits ...

As we advance further into the 21st century, increasingly more educational institutions are realizing that advanced technology can be put good ...

In the recent blog post 10 Habits of People Who Always Have Great Ideas, Ideapod author Lachlan Brown highlights 10 ...

Research abounds regarding the incredible benefits of music education. The University of Florida has put together an infographic called "Why ...

Do you ever feel alone in your quest to become a teacher? Well, the truth is that finding a teaching job ...

I came into my first teaching job with some beliefs that I have since learned were not true. This article explores ten of ...

Stay current on industry changes to maintain job flexibility if and when you need it. As a teacher, the job ...

Well, I hope you're having a nice productive weekend and are ready to get a new week started. I know that ...

Great teachers Many people live their lives without impacting more than a few hundred people. Teachers often make that kind of impact over ...

By far one of the most successful early posts on this blog was 6 Motivation Techniques. I wrote it in ...

In this article, Aileen Pablo examines the issue of classroom safety, especially regarding younger students. So often, we take basic safety ...

This article by John Pearson will leave you scratching your head to figure out why you never thought of this simple solution ...

This article explores some of the history of homework and also a few homework alternatives. If you end your class with ...

Another school year has come and gone. For many of us, it was a year of a few huge successes, ...

Summertime is in full swing. That means that many new teachers search for their first job, and many more experienced teachers ...

You want me to teach what? Imagine my surprise the first day of my job one year when I found out ...

Being a teacher is one of the most stressful jobs a person can have, and if you’re a teacher, you ...

"I got your lesson plans right here, buddy!" You know the drill, spend hours creating a lesson plan weeks ahead of ...

I found some great stuff going on out there in the world of education blogging this week. Here is a summary ...

According to ITN Mark Education, there are 7 key components of a good teacher. Love of the subject Stress Management ...

This is an updated version of one of the first articles written on this blog about treating education as a part ...

I want you to watch the first 3:40 of this TED Talk by Benjamin Zander Notice the Dramatic change in ...