I had a student observer this past spring who asked me "how we do it?" She wanted to know how, in spite of all the stuff thrown our way - the attacks on the profession, the teachers, the union, the pension, the lifestyle, the politics, the "part-time worker" status, the lack of results - and [...]
In the part 1 of this 2-part series, I shared what it was like to visit Beijing. Before I attempt to write my way through the ancient capital of Xi'an and the ultra-modern Shanghai, you may want to give the previous article a bit of your time. Day 5: Xi'an City Walls and Massage Biking [...]
Ever since I proposed to my wife, I've dreamed of going to China. I'd wanted to visit there so badly that I even - get this - floated the idea of having our honeymoon there. So when the NEA Foundation awarded me with the Teacher of Excellence and Global Fellowship Awards and invited 49 other [...]
On the eve of Independence Day, columnist Charles Krauthammer appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show and stated that a waning pride in America is largely because "we teach our children about all the pathologies in the United States and very little about the glories." To be fair, as Carlson acknowledged this precipitous drop in [...]
Peaceful art Why adults should play children’s games Positivity and perseverance can get you to your goals Be yourself and follow your passion The value of the Venus Fly Trap How to solve the Pyraminx Living with epilepsy does not have to dampen dreams.... These are not articles by the latest education expert or motivational [...]