Confessions of an Educator
The Diary of a Young Girl: Censorship over Opportunity
Anne Frank had a vagina—as does just about every other female on planet earth. I know, shocking, isn’t it? A young girl, who stays in hiding and has no access […]
How Not to Be Offensitive
“Maybe, you might have some advice to give How [not] to be [offensitive]....” - Jann Arden “Insensitive” Offensitive - Easily offended and overly sensitive I can be fairly sarcastic, a little sardonic, and […]
The Death Knell for Elementary and Middle Schools: Creating the New Standard for Education
I’m pretty sure it’s time to do away with all elementary and middle schools. We’ve seen enough. The students obviously know everything and since the grades don’t really matter and […]
You Can’t Build a Time Machine
I didn’t write my column last week. The days leading up to last Tuesday came and went, and I knew I needed to sit down and write up something, but […]
You can’t Shame Your Way to Success
If you’re anything like the many people who step on the scale every morning, after enjoying a night - or full day of - candy, soda, and carbs, you’re probably […]
One-Hundred-Sixty-Three-Dollars Per Second – by Chris & Courtney Margolin
Tick: ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-THREE-DOLLARS. Tock: ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-THREE-DOLLARS. Tick: ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-THREE-DOLLARS That is approximately how much LeBron James will make per second of each NBA game for the next 4 seasons. Let’s multiply that by however many professional […]
The Principals of Speed Dating
Even though it’s been a handful of years since I was a classroom teacher, or even since I’ve been to the building in which I began my career, I still […]
Teach Like It’s The 21st Century
In the beginning there were desks. There was a chalkboard. There was a podium. There were students in rows, pencils at the ready, notebooks opened, and a sage on the […]
Write the Real, Not the “Real”
Write the real. Notice there are no quotation marks around the word "real" in that first sentence; it's because the words that should go down on paper are those that […]
When the Sidewalk Never Ends
I don't remember how old I was when my mom brought home a copy of Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends, but I know it’s the first book of poems […]