Captain Awesome, Author at We Are Teachers https://www.weareteachers.com/author/captain-awesome/ Ideas and inspiration for reaching the next generation. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:47:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/WAT-small-FAVICON-50x50.png Captain Awesome, Author at We Are Teachers https://www.weareteachers.com/author/captain-awesome/ 32 32 The Online Grade Book Was Supposed to Solve All Our Problems … But It Just Makes Us Exhausted https://www.weareteachers.com/online-gradebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=online-gradebook https://www.weareteachers.com/online-gradebook/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:40:00 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1492281 https://www.weareteachers.com/online-gradebook/feed/ 0 Opinion: Holiday Decorations Don’t Belong in Classrooms—Period https://www.weareteachers.com/no-holiday-decorations-in-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-holiday-decorations-in-school https://www.weareteachers.com/no-holiday-decorations-in-school/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:00:32 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=397013 https://www.weareteachers.com/no-holiday-decorations-in-school/feed/ 0 Students With Disabilities Are Speaking Up About How Their Schools Forgot Them in Emergency Plans https://www.weareteachers.com/students-with-disabilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=students-with-disabilities https://www.weareteachers.com/students-with-disabilities/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:50:13 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1489364 https://www.weareteachers.com/students-with-disabilities/feed/ 0 What Teenage Rats (Yes, Rats) Can Teach Us About Kindness https://www.weareteachers.com/teenage-rats-kindness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teenage-rats-kindness https://www.weareteachers.com/teenage-rats-kindness/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:37:59 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1487664 https://www.weareteachers.com/teenage-rats-kindness/feed/ 0 14 English Grammar Rules (Plus Songs To Teach Them) https://www.weareteachers.com/grammar-rules-songs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grammar-rules-songs https://www.weareteachers.com/grammar-rules-songs/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:03:00 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1484695 https://www.weareteachers.com/grammar-rules-songs/feed/ 0 Why Teaching Middle School Is So Hard https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-middle-school-is-hard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teaching-middle-school-is-hard https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-middle-school-is-hard/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:14:53 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=390642 https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-middle-school-is-hard/feed/ 0 The Harvard Trick That Has Transformed My Classroom Management https://www.weareteachers.com/harvard-classroom-management-trick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harvard-classroom-management-trick https://www.weareteachers.com/harvard-classroom-management-trick/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:42:08 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1482234 https://www.weareteachers.com/harvard-classroom-management-trick/feed/ 0 10 Things Teachers Do Every Day That Are a Complete Waste of Time https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-waste-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachers-waste-time https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-waste-time/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:26:27 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=364337 https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-waste-time/feed/ 16 I Worked at a “No Excuses” Charter School and Here’s What I Know Now https://www.weareteachers.com/no-excuses-charter-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-excuses-charter-school https://www.weareteachers.com/no-excuses-charter-school/#comments Tue, 24 May 2022 16:51:10 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1437709 https://www.weareteachers.com/no-excuses-charter-school/feed/ 1 What Is a Museum School and What Is It Like to Teach at One? https://www.weareteachers.com/what-is-a-museum-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-museum-school https://www.weareteachers.com/what-is-a-museum-school/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 21:22:37 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1436860 https://www.weareteachers.com/what-is-a-museum-school/feed/ 0 I Switched to Standards-Based Grading—Why I’m Loving It https://www.weareteachers.com/standards-based-grading/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=standards-based-grading https://www.weareteachers.com/standards-based-grading/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:08:09 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1429787 https://www.weareteachers.com/standards-based-grading/feed/ 0 The Marriage Between Education and Childcare Isn’t Working https://www.weareteachers.com/education-childcare-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=education-childcare-marriage https://www.weareteachers.com/education-childcare-marriage/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:42:45 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1425699 https://www.weareteachers.com/education-childcare-marriage/feed/ 1 When Did Teachers Become the Enemy? https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-teacher-blame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stop-teacher-blame https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-teacher-blame/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:00:10 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1395204 https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-teacher-blame/feed/ 0 I Set Up a Breakfast Club to Engage My Virtual Students https://www.weareteachers.com/breakfast-club/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breakfast-club https://www.weareteachers.com/breakfast-club/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:12:48 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1387781 https://www.weareteachers.com/breakfast-club/feed/ 0 Check In On Your Teacher Friends, Because We Are Not Okay https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-are-not-okay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachers-are-not-okay https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-are-not-okay/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:45:17 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1380203 https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-are-not-okay/feed/ 2 I’m Texting All My Students’ Parents. 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