A Florentine Renaissance

My best summertime memory this year was…. I feel like I wrote a lot this summer about my favorite memories, and I didn’t want to simply repeat myself in this Finish the Sentence Friday post. Instead, I want to share memories of a long ago summer, a summer that I...
Teacher Appreciation Week: Why I Love Teaching!

Teacher Appreciation Week: Why I Love Teaching!

Teachers are burnt out, overwhelmed, and unappreciated. Or fed up with the demands of testing and all the media reports claiming we aren’t doing enough.  At least this is what we hear, right? There has been a spate of recent postings from teachers drafting angry...