Written by Linda Ashida As I wrote in a previous post , attending conferences and making new connections can be very energizing. That is ...

By Mark Heintz Document based questions (DBQs) are a crucial part of history.  Yet, they are incredibly difficult and do not foster a lot ...

by Dean Burrier Sanchis The Elk Grove HS Spanish PLC team of Leslie Guimon , Pam Coté , Carmen Ruíz , Effie Kalkounos , Diana Cappelen , ...

By Kim Miklusak Today we kicked off our Summer Reading 2016! A few months ago students voted on a theme--Overcoming Obstacles.  The teac...

By Kim Miklusak For a while now people have been recommending the books Book Love by Penny Kittle and The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Mil...

By The CollabLab Team Today the CollabLab team had the opportunity to present a webinar to the Illinois Principals Association / Ed Leade...

By:  Rachel Barry Yesterday, Tom Walloch and I had a unique opportunity to bring to our classes.  A representative from the app Classkick...