When I taught first grade, a small grant allowed me to get funding to buy a hot plate, griddle, measuring utensils, pots, knives, bowls, cutting boards, and other necessities to introduce my students to flavors and aromas unknown to their senses.
“If I am not for myself who is for me? And being for my own self, what am ‘I’? And if not now, when?” – Hillel the Elder
There can be no doubt that the level of teaching and learning in your classroom would vastly improve if every single student possessed a high literacy level and a consistent reading habit, both at home and school.
A recent conversation with a seven-year-old has given me a lot to think about.
Author’s mother, Addy Yolanda López de Moguel, quinceañera, 1961, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Service learning has been a cornerstone of my educational approach for over a decade.
“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us.
It’s not a stretch to say that Hispanic/Latino students have an ancestral background in the subjects we teach.
A few years ago, I got caught up in a controversy that changed the way I teach.
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