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I'm excited to become a part of the TeachHub blogging team! When I was asked to select a theme for my articles, it didn't take long to settle on "Active Engagement Made Easy." As most teachers would agree, learning should be an active process, but it's not always easy. Without a decent game plan, active lessons can quickly disintegrate into classroom chaos. My job will be to offer tips and strategies for how you can sneak a little activity into your lessons without losing your sanity in the process.

Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month without once again teaching kids about Martin Luther King Junior and Rosa Parks? Searching for a lesson plan that honors the ethnic heritage of all your students? Try these lessons that explore heritage and culture during Black History Month or any time:

Classroom assessment may be challenging given the current expectations placed on you. You may be one of the many teachers who reports feeling increased pressures from school administrators, students' families, your students, as well as society-at-large. Here are four vital questions that will help you become more effective with your classroom assessments - increasing students' achievement, student test scores and your job security.

Here are 12 tips to help you make the most of your school days:

In honor of Banned Book week, I was looking over the list of previously banned, most challenged books. Turns out, I would have read about 1 book in high school if those bans stood. I also would have been deprived of some of my favorite books of all time.

Great teaching is contagious, according to a new study. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research has shown that adding an accomplished teacher to a teaching team or department has a strong beneficial effect on student achievement. Many have reported this as "old news", since most teachers could tell you that good teachers help students to do better work.

Our teacher blogger relates the school year to his wild collegiate days on the beaches of Daytona...