I Want to Teach Forever

In the final part of our three-part series applying the lessons from The 4-Hour Workweek to teachers, I wanted to share Ferriss' intrig...

In the first part of my exploration of the ideas in The 4-Hour Workweek , we discussed eliminating wasted time and useless activities duri...

Here are ten relatively simple ideas that you could easily use in your next class (assuming you already have a Word Wall ): As a weekly ...

Last year, my school pushed the idea of putting a "word wall" in every classroom. A word wall, for the uninitiated, is basically ...

Looking for a way to break the monotony of weekly quizzes? I have an alternative assessment idea that I believe is actually more effective a...

After adopting a new textbook earlier this year, Holt, Rinehart and Wilson's Algebra 1, 2 and Geometry , my school district hired a co...

There's a warning on the back cover of The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss: "WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU WANT TO ...

UPDATED 12/25/08 Is your school computer running extremely slow (or not at all)? When you try to use Internet Explorer, are there multiple t...

Last year my students had their usual struggles with adding and subtracting integers at the beginning of the year (this is not just a middl...

The Like Terms card game has been the most popular idea posted here, accounting for half of this blog's traffic since its inception. ...

It has been very difficult to implement the curriculum from Fantasy Football and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents, Gra...

Today I didn't go to school. Today I took a mental health day ( MHD ) . While I'm not on my death bed, I have had trouble sleeping...