Longing
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and… more »
Let’s Be Real
In our hearts there are capillaries called collaterals that can continue blood flow when arteries become too clogged. Blood flows… more »
Getting Unstuck: 12 Suggestions from Kids
My list from 4th graders of ‘what to when you’re stuck in your writing,’ includes simple suggestions that are useful… more »
On Time/out of time
What if time were not something you could run out of? How often do I hear “If we had time,… more »
Those Who Won’t Quit
Periodically, I google “teachers who don’t quit” and variations on that theme. Most of the sites that pop up are… more »
When school life is good
What makes life good is not different from what makes life in school good for kids. When I see kids who… more »
Writing as a physical activity
Even though there is something that draws me to the stereotype of the alcoholic slovenly writer, I went for a walk this morning… more »
CPR: Content, Pedagogy, Relationships
Today I asked student teachers to share one thing they’d learned in this last month that they could use. As… more »
Possibility of coherence
Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who… more »
Surviving Evil
When I look at what is going on in our world today and in our schools, I am not sure… more »
Weather & the Universe
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. Thinking about everyone affected… more »
Too Many Scrooges
I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours. Kurt Vonnegut …or take more… more »
Myths & Lies or Truths
There is a craziness in our system that is creating suffering in our schools. Crazy because it often doesn’t make sense,… more »
$$ or Meaning –Teacher evaluation tools
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy… more »
Girl writer
A 7th grade girl tells me this is the narrative she is writing. “She walked by a dark alley, was called… more »