TweetName? Jill Tanner Current position? 6th Grade Special Education Teacher How long have you been in education? 33 years What’s a little known fact about you? Our two children gave......
TweetSnowed in? Restless? Savoring the hot chocolate? Either way, it’s the perfect time to take the Teaching With Heart Interview!...
TweetTonight while cooking, I heard a few minutes of a NPR story on Stephen Ritz, a science teacher in the Bronx, who decided to “grow 100 bags of fresh fruits......
TweetThanks to Greg John for sharing his Principal’s Reflections with us. “Flash” is another terrific story from Notes from the Playground. Greg John writes: I’ve been an elementary and middle......
TweetLily Eskelsen Garcia riffs on “What do teachers do?” In 1 minute & 34 seconds, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President of NEA, recounts what teachers do — which, of course, is......
TweetNominate your favorite poet or poem for the next “Week of…” Who’s your favorite poet? What’s your favorite poem? We had such a great time with the “Week of Fire”......
TweetMaking Space In the excerpt below from her book, The Art and Spirit of Leadership, Judy Brown shares how she learns from and takes in people’s insights about her poems.......
TweetTara Reynolds reading the Italian translation of Fire Judy Brown writes: “This is Tara Reynolds reading “Fire” – “Il Fuoco” in Italian before a fire in Minnesota at a Courage......
Tweet Judy Brown shared this picture of the fireplace in the house where she grew up in Michigan. She writes: “It strikes me that as a child I likely spent......
TweetToday’s post is a video of Judy Brown reading and reflecting on her poem, “Fire.” Enjoy!...