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Ghosts? Really now? I am way too rational to believe in that stuff. Proof, with all its soldierly accouterments, is …
Ghosts in the Water
18 Saturday May 2013
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The silliness of this education business…
17 Tuesday Jul 2012
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To be perfectly clear, public school teachers need the unifying protection and collective bargaining of unions, history has proven. And, …
The Graduate: “What Forest?”
25 Sunday Mar 2012
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This post represents a departure from this blog’s usual style. With due reason. This post illuminates a spot-on piece by …
Cyrene, the Wise
25 Sunday Mar 2012
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“Do you think it would be okay if I wore my earring?” I whispered. Arching an eyebrow, he turned and …
Hunger Games: The Parable
18 Sunday Mar 2012
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She scrunches her eyes at nothing in particular. Two more tears, one to each cheek, roll slowly. I sit down …
Once a Pirate, Always a Pirate
03 Saturday Mar 2012
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Teachers are always stealing. Teachers steal one another’s ideas, strategies, projects — sometimes even elements of one another’s persona, the …
Hyped on Noticing: The Lost and Found
25 Saturday Feb 2012
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Going through an elementary school’s Lost and Found at the end of a school year can be like an archaeological dig. One June, …
Phil, Please, Not Donald
18 Saturday Feb 2012
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“I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it’s time America was run …
Antonio and Annie, meet Alfie
11 Saturday Feb 2012
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Welcoming students as they enter the classroom is a great joy of teaching. So many present and past colleagues and I …
Ginger
03 Friday Feb 2012
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We took him in, so, yes, I used to have a dog. An insatiably curious mongrel — you know, the …
Humans in Every Corner
28 Saturday Jan 2012
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“Allah has punished the Jews. They deserved this…” A quiet boy, no more than fourteen. The walls peel inward while …
Why the Title “Hansel and Gretel…”?
24 Tuesday Jan 2012
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For a moment, try visualizing some smaller moments in the daily life of one young person you know. Lets say …
Intro Post
01 Sunday Jan 2012
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From belief come critique and vision.
The first several posts, the “Learning is…” type, offer belief statements as the foundation for later critiques and ideas.
Learning is…
01 Sunday Jan 2012
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At its Heart, Learning is a Humanist Endeavor. Primary and secondary learning is not a scientific experiment, measurable at every …
Curriculum is…
01 Sunday Jan 2012
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Formal Education is Three Things: Curriculum. Instruction. Assessment. Always, those three components exist within ever-shifting political, social, and economic contexts. And — whew — those …
