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This Is Not a Test!
Yesterday was the Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C. I brought along my daughter and son for their first experience in democratic protest. I was happy to see that they were impressed and...
View ArticleDon’t Mess With Matt Damon or That’s My Mom You’ve Been Slapping Around
Although the initial news reception of the Save Our Schools March has been slow there were a few bright spots recently, thanks to Matt Damon. After being introduced by his mom, teacher and Stanford...
View ArticleA Quake We Can Believe In
Today we had an earthquake. My building shook as if a convoy of trucks were driving through the halls. Our principal and school staff handled it well, as did our students, evacuating the building with...
View ArticleThe Hard Racism of Inequity
I was reminded of this amazing speech by John Kuhn, the Superintendent of The Perrin-Whitt School District in Texas that was given this summer at the SOS March & National Call To Action on July...
View ArticleThar’s Gold In Them Thar Hills!
I recently came across this post on the Concerned4DCPS listserve. The points raised by this poster deserve investigation (hello Washington Post, anybody there?). We have entered into our 5th year of...
View ArticleVito Perrone Sr: A Light Goes Out
“What if our children and young people learn to read and write but don’t like to and don’t?” he said. “What if they don’t read the newspapers and magazines, or can’t find beauty in a poem or love...
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011: Faith, Heart, Fortitude, and Perseverance
It is hard not to feel affected by the death of Steve Jobs this week. After all, we were all so affected by his life. Of the many articles The New York Times ran on Job’s death, the one called Steve...
View ArticleFinland vs. The U.S. – No Competition
I have been missing, I know. Just, simply, too busy. Like most of the teachers in my school (and probably all around DCPS) I feel as if I can barely keep my nose above the rising flood of meetings and...
View ArticleIrrefutable Proof and the Cost of Willful Ignorance
I have not posted for quite some time. I have two false starts in my drafts and a number of false starts in my head but nothing that I could finish. A large part of the reason for this has been an...
View ArticleRecent Readings: What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali and Handing One Another...
In these dark times, when teachers are treated as expendable, interchangeable incompetents, it is important to seek sustenance where it can be found. I was given, recently, as a gift, Taylor Mali’s...
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