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Trapped in a Pyramid: A Vocabulary-Boosting Short Story
“Bat shi*t,” repeated Salima Ikram, the queen of Egyptology, in her posh British accent to her hyperventilating students.

We Need to Talk About Summer Reading
There’s an old quote that the world is a book, and those who don’t travel read only one page. I quite agree, but I have my own little...


Andreas: The Man in the Walls (A True Story?)
I wanted to be in her bed, but I ended up in her walls instead. 6-foot thick monstrosities built to withstand the most fortified...

Karen and the Weed: A Vocabulary-Boosting Short Story
“On my count, and…go.” Clad entirely in black, from her headband to her yoga pants, Karen scrabbled over the fence into her neighbors’...

One Curriculum Change All Schools Should Be Considering
In the last episode of the Vocabbett podcast, I suggested that a more autonomous trend might emerge in education in a post-COVID-19...

How Schools Can (And Should!) Be Changing in the Fall
With summer finally upon us, it’s only natural that people have begun to ask what school will look like when (if?) we return in the fall....


The Ghosts of Google Earth: A Vocabulary-Boosting Short Story
All the chattering souls gathered at 5 Manderly Place to discuss the most pressing matters of the century. The address was an old one in...

Is the SAT a Thing of the Past?
Hello, and happy Thursday! Amid the rest of the news in the world lately (and heaven knows there’s been plenty!), you might not have seen...


The Time Traveling Teacher: A Vocabulary-Boosting Short Story
I didn’t want to be a teacher. Not really.
But I’m not tall enough to be an actress, and my parents said I’d never make any money as a...
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