I have three goals as a teacher. Number 1, I hope to make a difference in the lives of my students throughout the course of a 180-day school year. Number 2, I hope to help my students become better students of learning. Number 3, I hope to make public education the best it can be by advocating for the students and the teachers. I want to focus on number 2 today. It would be very easy for me to teach the same way I taught last year and the years before. I often repeat certain strategies and [...]