Growing Lifelong Learners
It’s Thursday evening in Casa Grande, Arizona, and I’m sitting in the local Chick-fil-A, decompressing from the freeway trek northward…
My Reply to Our Biggest Failure by Mike Lee
In Our Biggest Failure, Mike Lee wrote in this space that all other problems in education: Pale in comparison to our…
Myths and Lies and Truth and Voice
I just ordered a book, and I can’t wait to get it. Yesterday, I attended a panel presentation on Tempe’s…
Five Things for Parents and Teachers
Jessica Lahey recently wrote a very intriguing and informative New York Times article entitled, “5 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew:…
All Aboard!
Every Tuesday, which I call “Trainday”, Dr. Bob Grassi who is a retired school psychologist visits with me and we…
Building Teachers Not Cars
Yesterday I had coffee with a teacher that is very concerned with the student teacher she is hosting this semester. …
The Yard Sale
I knew it was time, over twenty years of teaching treasures. I was that teacher, the one who bought six…
The Yard Sale
I knew it was time, over twenty years of teaching treasures. I was that teacher, the one who bought six…
This Is What Happens When We Stay Quiet
I wrote a post about how we should change professional development. It had hundreds of tweets and eight thousand page…
Our Biggest Failure
In Philip K. Dick’s iconic story, “Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?” and the subsequent film adaptation, “Blade Runner,” a…
