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By Wendy Ward Hoffer / December 2, 2019

We are happy to introduce you to Wendy Ward Hoffer’s fifth book, Phenomenal Teaching, forthcoming from Heinemann in 2020. This […]

By Michelle Morris Jones / November 25, 2019

When’s the last time you were able to grab a great book, of your choice, and just read? According to […]

By Scott Murphy / November 20, 2019

…and to move them, we’ve got to be really good at it! Let’s be clear. We don’t run meetings. We […]

By PEBC / November 4, 2019

By Sathya Wandzek, Director of Field Staff Collaboration When I was a teacher in the classroom, my number one goal was […]

By PEBC / October 29, 2019

by Mary Korte and Ana Mettler, Jefferson County Open School Teachers The Loch at Andrews Tarn This past weekend I stood at […]

By Wendy Ward Hoffer / October 8, 2019

Dear Parents, I know you have been wondering why our math does not look like your math. When you and […]

By Wendy Ward Hoffer / October 2, 2019

How to Get Unstuck. This is one of the most important lessons we can teach in school. Because the truth […]

By PEBC / September 9, 2019

As I gasped through the end of my workout recently, I reflected on the conversation I had with my coach […]

By Teacher Preparation Team / August 16, 2019

It’s 7:54 am on the first day of school. I run frantically into my classroom two minutes before the students […]

By PEBC / February 12, 2019

I received this text message at 10:30 pm on a fall night from my freshman son at Colorado State University […]

By Wendy Ward Hoffer / December 20, 2018

Santi had some cookies. His mom baked him 9 more. Now he has 16. How many cookies did Santi have […]

By Wendy Ward Hoffer / November 5, 2018

A literacy teacher shared with me about a recent reading conference with one of her second graders: the little girl […]