When writing dialogue for fiction, I have found a useful practice is to simply open one’s ears. This is not the same as active...

I have been working in education for almost seventeen years now, and eight years ago, I became the Dean of Students at an all-girls...

We teachers were all students at some point, and I like to think that I remember quite well what it was like. Nevertheless, sometimes it...

As my colleagues and I wrapped up a week and a half of faculty in-service in preparation for this new school year, I found myself sifting...

This year I am lucky to teach freshmen again. Working at an all-girls high school, I am honored to join them on the first steps of their...

During the week Simone Biles chose her mental health over the pursuit of Olympic gold, I was revisiting two novels I had assigned my...

Of all the spaces I have occupied in my life, a college campus has been one of the most chaotic and unpredictable. But it has also been...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. -- Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God Pulling my car out of the...

When I first began teaching at a Catholic all-girls private school in the mid 80’s after seven years in public school, I thought that I...

As an alum of the school where I now teach, I cannot remember a day we were not reminded of the school motto: Serviam--I will serve. We...

On a particularly nondescript day, a day like most others in the middle of the work week, I walked into our faculty’s communal office...

In this post by math teacher Katelyn Hayes, she continues the conversation about the intersections of math, writing, and student...

Notes on this reflection: I am not a mental health professional and my references to “well-being” competencies are based on general...

A few weeks into the first year of my graduate program in American literature, my Race and Gender in Nineteenth-Century American Lit...

As we prepare for the arrival of summer and begin reflecting on this extraordinary school year, COVID-19 has reinforced and made clear...

Let me tell you about a crush I had in college… He carried a messenger bag around campus and scribbled in a notebook so tattered I...

A merchant travels north along an ancient road, pulling an old cart behind him. He comes to an intersection where a woman with a bag sits...

The Status Quo Recently I saw a post on Twitter that asked a question about teaching Shakespeare—if a text or author is considered...

The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers. — Maryam Mirzakhani If I am being honest, part of what drew me...

During this year of quarantine and distance learning, we would be remiss as English teachers if we failed to note the irony that we feel...