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Unpopular Opinion: I WANT my teenage students to have their phones

I was in a meeting recently where the subject of phones came up, again.

9 min readApr 1, 2024

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Unpopular Opinion: I WANT my teenage students to have their phones

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Julia Child Told Me, “You Mustn’t Apologize for the Soup!”

What an Encounter with a TV Chef taught me about having pride in your work, and how I pass that on to my students every chance I get!

6 min readDec 6, 2023

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Julia Child Told Me, “You Mustn’t Apologize for the Soup!”

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Dani B. Charbonneau

Do these Shoes Go With This Essay?

An Activity, and an Analogy, About Students Choosing the Right Pen or Pencil

7 min readNov 28, 2023

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Do these Shoes Go With This Essay?

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Dani B. Charbonneau

Grateful Through the Grief

How do you keep teaching after a student dies? Reflections and a strategy from the Massachusetts 2023 Teacher of the Year

7 min readNov 23, 2023

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Grateful Through the Grief

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The ‘Innovation’ is Doing What’s Right

Making High School Great Before it’s Too Late

17 min readNov 14, 2023

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The ‘Innovation’ is Doing What’s Right

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Dani B. Charbonneau

Applause-Worthy Assignments

Change Your Students’ Audience & You Might Just Change Their Minds About School

8 min readOct 23, 2023

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Applause-Worthy Assignments

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Dani B. Charbonneau

Teachers: in a slump? Plan a Field Trip!

I was lucky enough to be interviewed on PowerEd Up! Podcast last week. They asked me a great question right near the end of our time…

4 min readOct 16, 2023

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Teachers: in a slump? Plan a Field Trip!

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Dani B. Charbonneau

In the Form of a Question

How a Certain Game Show turned a Classroom into a Living Room, and a Class into a Family

5 min readOct 10, 2023

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In the Form of a Question

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Dani B. Charbonneau

To My Students: Please Write All Over Your Books

My new students are often surprised that in my high school English class, when we read a book, they are the owner of that book. There…

4 min readOct 1, 2023

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To My Students: Please Write All Over Your Books

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Dani B. Charbonneau

Dani B. Charbonneau

Massachusetts 2023 Teacher of the Year, Alternative High School English Teacher, Advocate for Teenagers (especially the weird ones!) & for JOY in Education

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