by Brian Crawford | Dec 31, 2013 | Teaching Tips
In those final weeks of December leading up to 2014, I started coming up with some New Year’s resolutions. Without going into too much detail, the resolutions I started coming up with were your typical New Year’s resolutions… those that involved...
by Brian Crawford | Nov 18, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Math, Mathematics, Teaching Tips
For a while now, we’ve been sharing updates about the upcoming book that we’re publishing with Compass Books, the educational department of Brigantine Media. Well, this month, the book has finally been released in both paperback and digital (PDF) formats....
by Brian Crawford | Aug 6, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, Teaching Tips
This is part three of a three-part series about the Common Core: 1. What is the Common Core? 2. Benefits of the Common Core 3. Drawbacks of the Common Core Drawbacks to teaching with the Common Core While using the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in your classroom...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 5, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, Teaching Tips
This is part two of a three-part series about the Common Core: 1. What is the Common Core? 2. Benefits of the Common Core 3. Drawbacks of the Common Core Adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Since 2010, school boards across the United States of America have...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 3, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, Teaching Tips
This is part one of a three-part series about the Common Core: 1. What is the Common Core? 2. Benefits of the Common Core 3. Drawbacks of the Common Core About the Common Core The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a set of American teaching standards created...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 4, 2013 | Teaching Tips
I’ve already stressed the importance of allowing kids to use their imagination to play, craft, and dream. I believe that allowing kids to “run wild” with their imaginations, creating and molding their environments in ways unique and interesting to...
