This May, I was able to attend the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), and I got hooked on “earth selfies” – more formally known (by, you know, scientists...

The cherry blossoms in D.C. aren’t the only famous flowers around the world. Love spring? (Or summer or fall?) Here are some other places where you can see Planet Earth in all her glory! Outside of ...

On our first trip with WorldStrides in 2008, we had some free time on our last day in Paris, so my colleagues Kari, Maureen, and I spent the afternoon in a café, writing personal notes to all of the ...

I must admit that I was a bit overwhelmed by the idea of the 8th grade trip I inherited when I started as a young teacher at our middle school. Our long-running trip to Washington D.C. is important to...

Teachers like me can be programmed to say, “Put the phone down!” when we see phones in students’ hands (especially when they’re under the desk as though there’s an invisibility cloak down th...

In most of the country, winter has been hanging around far too long. (Seriously, GO HOME WINTER.) Unfortunately, the flu season is hanging around with it! According to the CDC, cases of flu A have dec...