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10 Mistakes New Teachers Make (And How To Avoid Them)

August 8, 2016 Joel Wagner 25

If you’re anything like me, you gained a great deal of academic knowledge about your content area in college and very little actual knowledge about getting students […]

Adieu, Homework: Let’s Explore Alternatives to Traditional Homework

June 27, 2016 Ethan Miller 3

This article explores some of the history of homework and also a few homework alternatives. If you end your class with homework and you hear groans, […]

A Step-By-Step Framework for Incremental Growth

June 14, 2016 Joel Wagner 2

I want you to watch the first 3:40 of this TED Talk by Benjamin Zander Notice the Dramatic change in the piano player from 7 […]

Quitting Teaching, A View From A Former Teacher

June 13, 2016 Lucas Allen 2

In this article Lucas Allen, a former math educator from Illinois writes about his experience quitting teaching and the transition into the corporate world. Why […]

60 Very Practical Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Teaching

June 7, 2016 Joel Wagner 2

While I’ve had my ups and downs over the years as a teacher, my first two years were extremely challenging. Many of these pitfalls were avoidable. If I […]

Just A Little Bit: 29 Tweaks That Help Me Gain The Respect of My Students

May 30, 2016 Joel Wagner 3

Why don’t my students respect me? We’ve all been there at one time or another. For me, it was nearly every day during my first two years . […]

10 Years of Teaching: A Reflection

June 4, 2012 Joel Wagner 3

I started this blog more than five years ago. I have now come to the conclusion of my 10th year of teaching. In this article […]

Top 10 Ways To Make A Living While Making Music

April 11, 2011 Taylor Forcier 0

Many musicians fall into the incorrect assumption that the only way to make money in music is to be a famous performing artist. There are […]

5 Killer Classroom Management Tips

April 10, 2011 Brett Freeman 2

This article discusses some simple classroom management tips that teachers can immediately implement in their day-to-day teaching. Inspiring students to be motivated and engaged in […]

8 Teachers Who Changed History

May 11, 2010 Melissa Tamura 1

Throughout history, teachers were making discoveries, taking actions, or participating in events that forever changed the world. Today we’ll look briefly at 8 teachers who […]

Why I Hated Teaching During My First Two Years

February 8, 2008 Joel Wagner 17

Newby writes: I have noticed lately in a couple of your posts you mentioned how terrible your first couple of years of teaching were. As […]

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