Yes! Teachers Make a Difference for Youth!
Sometimes, when we look at our world; the hardships, conflicts, challenges, and obstacles that we deal with every day, we can become jaded and discouraged. This is, often, especially true for those of us who teach because the impact of what we do is rarely realized in...
The Shocking Truth About Educational Labels and How To Teach All Students!
The Constantly Evolving Educational Labels Over 20 years ago, when I first began working and consulting nationally with teachers to implement brain-based, best practice teaching strategies in classrooms, the terms we used were much different than those we use today....
Use Online Technology to Support Auditory Learners in Your Classroom
By Guest Author Jessica Kapachinski, a Special Education Teacher at Huntley High School, Illinois A technology solution for auditory learners who need material read aloud As a special education teacher, I always struggled with having to read tests aloud to multiple...
Using Picture Books as a Secondary Reading Intervention
Several years ago, when I was co-teaching Science, I found that the reading level of the textbooks was far above the reading level of many students in the classroom. In order to provide materials that covered the content being presented at a reading level that...