One of my favorite reads this past summer was Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus. Set in the late 1800s, Morgenstern’s debut novel follows the creation and story of the famous “Cirque de Reves”, an elaborate travelling circus that only appears...

Naturally, just as students eagerly count down the days to summer vacations, teachers look forward to the three-month escape from managing snarky teenagers and grading impossible-to-decipher worksheets.  However, many teachers take on a completely new...