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I never would have guessed my husband's hair would teach me something about teaching. Little did I know his hair would teach me about making sure that when we teach hygiene skills, we include ethnic hair care for kids. My husband has kept his hair buzzed short for a...

  Don't let the summer pass you by. Summer is the perfect time for teachers to recharge. But just like a battery, it doesn't charge by itself. You need the right input to recharge. I suggest a structured experience for your morning routine during the summer. I...

Your students depend on you to be an anti-racist teacher. Your Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and students of all marginalized groups need you to be actively anti-racist. They don't need you to be colorblind. Instead, kids need you to see them for who they are and...

A Go Bag is the bag you keep near your classroom door so that you have it handy at all times for a fire drill, evacuation, tornado, or other emergency. Go bags should be created with your specific students in mind, but here are some essentials for your emergency go...

This article is based on strategies from Response to Intervention by a Child with Severe Reading Disability. I highly recommend you read this article about "Mike," a 4th grader who improved his reading with these strategies. The link to the article is at the bottom of...

Dear Special Education Teachers, Thank you. You don't hear it enough, so here it is again. Thank you. This year has been really, really tough. You're a trouper for making it this far. Even if it feels like you are not making progress, being there for the kids...

Today, the president started to encourage schools to begin the process of opening while our country has reached over 1,000,000 cases. There are challenges for special education teachers when it comes to distance learning, but for some of our kids, returning to school...

Google Chrome has fantastic extensions that are great for special education students. These extensions are helpful for distance and remote learning, but are also great for classroom use. Here are my favorite Chrome Extensions for special education. Snap and Read...