One of the pivotal moments in my career as an educator came during an email exchange with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, a long-time Teacher Leaders Network colleague and friend. We were wrestling with the ...

Dr. Maria Grant (Twitter: @mgrant62) is a Professor at California State University, Fullerton. Diana Lapp (Twitter:@lappsdsu) is a Distinguished Teacher of Education at San Diego State University.

Modal verbs are words that change the meaning of other verbs. We use them to express if something is certain, likely, possible or impossible. Words like ‘could’, ‘would’, ‘may’, ‘can’, ‘must’, and ...