While spring cleaning may be traditional, summer cleaning fits better with the academic cycle particularly as it tends to be a time of transitions: whether you...
education-policy
Every few days of summer, I recopy my to-do list to a new page of my notebook (currently, a Moleskine Professional Notebook because I like the page...
An Insightful Life
Claude Shannon is one of my intellectual heroes.
His MIT master’s thesis, submitted in 1936, laid the foundation for digital circuit...
Rich classroom discussion is frequently emphasized as a key element of 21st century standards but it’s also an important characteristic long envisioned by...
An annual meeting is held with parents, educators, and other stakeholders for students who receive special education services. The purpose of the meeting...
At the core of effective teaching, I believe there is a deep love not only for the subject being taught, but also for the students one is responsible to guide...
Hard to believe that another year has wrapped up and we’re past the holidays…and prepping a new semester! You may be like me or know someone like me–the...
This week the topic of awards surfaced again on Twitter. As a result, Vancouver Sun reporter Janet Steffenhagen posted part of my blog post, “Death...
Visions In Education (Visions), a public charter school serving students across nine counties in California, offers two independent study academies for high...
“I teach social studies in a middle class community in southern Indiana. Our students have been steadily moving toward a teaching environment that...
