As a science teacher with very little training in how to best support English Language Learners (ELLs) in my classroom, I’ve always spent time early in the school year showing students how to use the automatic translation tools in Google Docs to convert content that
On Tuesday, Canadian Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak accomplished a feat that most of us can only dream of, winning a silver and two bronzes in the pools of the 2020 Tokyo Games. Amazing moment, right? A lifetime achievement — the culmination of hours and hours
Almost fifteen years ago, I started blogging on a site that I called The Tempered Radical. My goal was simple: I wanted to raise my voice and call attention to the realities of life as a full-time classroom teacher. Since that time, I’ve written well
Most Radical Readers know that I read a ton about just what the core work of collaborative teams in professional learning communities should look like in action. Currently, I’m working through Yes We Can: General and Special Educators Collaborating in a Professional Learning Community by
I will never forget the first time that I suggested that principals are not the instructional leaders of their buildings. I was sitting on a panel of experts at a conference about teacher working conditions. The audience was primarily administrators who were interested in making
