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    Alternative Grading Methods for ELA Teachers

    Most of the time, grading a stack of essays feels like shoveling a pile of smoke for the weekend. Not only are traditional grading methods time consuming, but they also yield very little growth or maturation in our student writers. No matter how...

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    Top 5 Tips to Prepare for the AP® Government Exam

    It’s about that time. The Advanced Placement® Government & Politics Exam is around the corner. I’m sharing my top five tips to help you prepare...

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    AP® Government Exam: Quantitative Analysis Review

    In 2021, the College Board® added a new section to the AP® U.S Government and Politics Exam: quantitative analysis. This counts for four raw points...

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    You've Got This! A Message for our AP® Human Geo Teachers

    The AP® Human Geo test is fast approaching. But don't stress! Author David Palmer offers words of encouragement and advice for seeing your students...

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    Rock Star Poets

    The “Greatest Hits” album. All the greats do it—Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty, Elton John, Madonna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mariah Carey—so it only...

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    AP® Gov Exam: Review for the FRQ

    Each year after the AP® exam I ask students to evaluate my class. Last year, they overwhelmingly identified that they wanted to work on FRQs more...

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    AP® Psych: Test Prep Review Tools and Games

    As the AP® exam draws near, students often become increasingly anxious. Review games and activities can target areas students need to review while...

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    Tips for the AP® Gov FRQ

    The Free-Response Question (FRQ) portion of the Advanced Placement® exam provides test takers with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge on...

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    AP® Macro: Tying it All Together

    Over the years I’ve come to realize that, like any other subject, Macroeconomics is best retained when connections are made. It is for this reason...

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    Aggressively Poetic

    Leaves caked my front yard, suffocating the burgeoning grass below as I sat on the couch and told myself only one more episode of Law & Order and...

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